To all those emailing: yes, I’m working on voter fraud, behind the scenes mostly. Here are some more complicated reasons not to fear the coronadoom. I didn’t want to put these in […]
More Reasons Not To Fear COVID
WHO PCR Test False Positive Fiasco: Coronavirus Update L
WHO KNEW The WHO last week admonished the world to watch the Ct level of PCR tests. Too high gives too many false positives. False positives artificially boost “case” numbers, and high […]
Dreaded Delta; Noble Lies In The Name of Science; No Fly List With Mark of the Vex; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXXIII
MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN DO There is so much material this week I can’t include it all in one update. It would grow far too long. If it can be summed […]
Yes Like The Flu, Yes Like Car Crashes, Yes Like…
First Section updated For Sorry Ari Fans Many have asked me to comment on The New Atlantis article “Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes, Not Like…” by Ari Schulman, Brendan […]
Classical Statistics Has Outlived Its Usefulness: Here’s The Fix
A PDF of this article may be downloaded here. This article is a precis of Uncertainty. Opening Act Patient walks into the doctor and says, “Doc, I saw that new ad. The […]
Observable-Based , Predictive, or Causal Statistics? Don’t Test! Don’t Estimate!
The term predictive statistics is used to describe a focus on observables, and not on any invisible model-based parameters as is found in estimation and null hypothesis significance testing. It isn’t sticking, […]
Nature Advocates Using Children To Propagandize Parents
Nature magazine has published the article “Ignorant children should be used to propagandize their more knowledgeable parents.” I might have got the title wrong (click link for actual), but it’s correct in […]
Taleb Chastises Calm Journalist, Advises Precautionary Panic To Coronavirus
Background Some blue check journalist named Ferris Jabr, in a raw display of sobriety for a member of the Indigo Cheka, said None of this is to belittle what is happening. The […]
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