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Sloppy Language About What’s True: Part II
We often of a proposition use the term self evident or a similar variant. But we often use it incorrectly. We say for instance, "It is obvious that Mr Obama…
Polish Cheers And Pajamas
Statistics show---and as we know by now, these cannot be wrong---that Saturday is the least likely day that people like to ponder statistics. Traffic on this blog is at its…
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Sloppy Language About What’s True: Part I
"All cats are creatures understanding French," said Alice's father. "And some chickens are cats." "Wait, I know!" said Alice, chirruping. "That means that some chickens are creatures understanding French."1 "What…
Posted inStatistics
EPA Can Fine You As Long As It Wants—With No Review
EPA Agent Stephen Segal protects the wetlands The EPA came to Idaho and said in a booming voice Stop! to Mike and Chantell Sackett, who were building a home on…
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On Probability Leakage
Submitted for your approval, yet another paper. On Probability Leakage, posted at Arxiv. Once you, my beloved readers, have had a go with it, I'll incorporate your comments in an…
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Differences In Brains Between Believers And Atheists?
The following question was posed at the (inaptly named) magazine Scientific American, "Is there a difference between the brain of an atheist and the brain of a religious person?" It…
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First Signs of Rampant Global Cooling Seen At Nome, Alaska?
The headline from the 12 January 2012 Nome Nugget ("Alaska's Oldest Newspaper!") strikes a chill into one's heart: Nome in long deep freeze. The Nome post of the National…
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Curtis’s The Science Of Subjectivity
An unfocused post today; just some notes on a paper. Busy day for me. Andrew Curtis wrote, "The science of subjectivity" in the January 2012 issue of the journal Geology…
