Posted inStatistics
Climate Model Uncertainty: Part I
Would you check the results of a model with another model? Before you answer, be sure you know what the question is. A model---whether it is physical, statistical, mathematical, or…
Use of Deadly Force Authorized Against Renegade Sea Lions
The deadliest force known to man---The Law of Unintended Consequences---has struck again. This time it has led to the deliberate slaughter of sea lions by armed agents of the U.S.…
New Study Says iPhones Addictive: More Bad Statistics
(Note: I do not have an iPhone, nor "smart" phone of any kind.) Addiction is a strong word. It means, as the authors of the study are content to allow…
Posted inCulture
England Invents New Kind of Inequality
A female named Harriet Harman at England's Equalities and Human Rights Commission has discovered a new method of producing inequality under the law. She has codified this method---England's version of…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
Do only the less intelligent write papers about theists being less intelligent?
There are some new statistical papers floating around that conclude that the more intelligent among us tend to be atheists. An equivalent, but more enjoyable, way of stating this is…
Posted inFun
Guest Post by Paul “Population Bomb” Ehrlich: Fight the Climate Skeptic Conspiracy!
This is satire.1 Hi, I'm scientist Paul Ehrlich. You might remember me from such failed predictions as "Everybody's Going to Die by 1984!" and "Tin to Become More Precious than…
Posted inStatistics
The Ease of Cheating With Statistics
Thanks to readers Ari Schwartz and Tom Pollard for suggesting this article. Take any two sets of numbers, where the only restriction is that a reasonable chunk inside each set…
Posted inStatistics
Carbon Neutral Dining
We meet four Ladies Who Lunch in an Upper West Side New York bistro. "Martha!" cooed Sarah. "Sarah!" cooed Martha. "Janet and Catherine late as usual, I see." "Never mind…
