Posted inPhilosophy
Sphere Eversion, Free Will & Infinite Powers
Can a sphere be turned inside out, such that the outside becomes the inside, and vice versa, without creasing or tearing or poking a hole in the sphere? Obviously not.…
Posted inStatistics
The Epidemiologist Fallacy Strikes Again — Pesticides & Autism
Long-time readers will recall the epidemiologist fallacy is a shotgun marriage of the ecological fallacy and wee p-values. Make that and/or confidence intervals. For confidence intervals are equivalent to p-values…
Posted inClass Statistics
So-Called Random Numbers And Encryption: Update With Real-World Example
Psst. Hey, buddy. Word to the wise: "GQNZWZURUDPBFWDMEGBYIXGBGZRSVNHWOIQPPSH GXUVMZ". Keep it secret. That odd string of letters and spaces (well, once space) contains an encrypted message. In order to read…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: Celestial Bodies Don’t Influence Our Bodies
Previous post. Today we start the second part of Book Three. Only another year and a half or so to go in Book Three. Then, finally, Book four! Our intellects…
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The Week In Doom — Reality Based Ads Banned Edition
This has been a most busy week, the Doom accelerating, which accounts for the length of this post. Item The Case for Gay Reparation (NYT) Other countries are taking steps…
Posted inStatistics
Case Study Of How Easy It Is To Go Wrong
We used to talk a lot about the amygdala here: Yet Another Study "Proves" Liberal, Conservative Brain Differences (wee ps, amygdalas), Scientists Suddenly Discover Men Don't Understand Women (wee ps,…
Posted inCulture
Transgender Madness Update
It is impossible for a man to become a woman. It is possible, and growing more frequent, for a man to pretend to be or to believe he is a…
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Close Down Old Universities And Build Our Own?
Roger Scruton has called for dumping universities as they currently exist. Scrap them altogether, he says. At least dynamite the state-sponsored ones (in England). Most universities are state-sponsored, though. At…