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Class 52: The Origin Of Parameters
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IQ Is Not Intelligence
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Class 52: The Origin Of Parameters

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IQ Is Not Intelligence

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Lesson Two Again and Again: Logic is Not Opinion

Everybody: thanks for the emails. I do see them. I'll be answering all on the weekend. Would it surprise you to learn that to graduate with a degree in statistics---BS,…
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Lesson Two Redux: More Mysticism

Is it written into sport announcers' contract that they shall speak in nothing but cliché? Since there is always great confusion about why premises about "fairness" or "randomness" are not…
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Lesson 2: Evidence and the Mysticism of Randomness

We made rather merry at the Chapter House last night, an annual tradition. Class begins in two hours. I can still hear the vuvus. Sheesh. Statements about the unknown made…
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Lesson 1: Limitations and Logic

The internet connectivity here at the Statler almost reaches the category of stinks. Responses will be even slower than usual in appearing. Act like an Freshman should and crack the…
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World Cup, Statistics, Movie Lines, Cracked, and Clubbing

USA 1, Small Island Nation 1 Fabio Capello, pictured left, shows us the tracks his tears took after Robert Green revealed his American sympathies by suspiciously letting a shot through---a…
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Castrate People To Prevent Global Warming Suffering?

For another take, be sure not to miss this. When I was much younger and vastly stupider, I made a snide remark to my father who was engaged in what…
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Will Nature’s Lust Force A Change In Peer Review?

Nature is one sexy item. All the top scientists ogle it and want to possess it. It wears a slick, glossy cover, speaks only in seductive tones, and feels its…
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Castrations To Increase Due To Global Warming; Or, Reindeer Not Having A Ball

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  1. McChuck on IQ Is Not IntelligenceMay 30, 2025

    "Ceci n'est pas une pipe."

  2. C-Marie on IQ Is Not IntelligenceMay 30, 2025

    So, my younger sister, when she was in the fifth grade, took what was called, an Intelligence test back in…

  3. JH on Class 52: The Origin Of ParametersMay 29, 2025

    Notation is crucial in math. I still remember how confused I was when my professors made writ-os in the equations…

  4. Briggs on Class 52: The Origin Of ParametersMay 29, 2025

    Thanks, Lou.

  5. Lou on Class 52: The Origin Of ParametersMay 29, 2025

    Hello, You requested some feedback; Please just keep going, I like the math Regards

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