Briggs

What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part II

The models in Part I might not have "felt right" to you. But if that is so it is because your diet of probability examples has been too narrowly constricted.…

Philosophy Statistics

What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part I

The rules of logic are simple. Use whatever evidence you have, and no other, to figure the probability of a conclusion. These rules are all we need to understand what…

Fun

Muppets Offer Human Sacrifice!

Finally! I offer tangible proof that listening to the Beatles can drive one to evil. Prolonged, repetitious exposure to their music causes madness leading, in rare cases, to human sacrifice!…

Culture Philosophy

Studies Show Mike McQueary Did What You Would Have Done

A lot of wrist-twisting and hand-wringing over Mike McQueary's actions after he came across Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in the showers. McQueary, who Mark Steyn…

Culture

A Black Day Indeed: To Be Thankful For Shopping (Updated)

It is something of a tradition at this blog to commemorate the annual plunge into the depths of mindless materialism and conspicuous consumerism which we call "Black Friday." It is…

Fun

Happy Thanksgiving

We are all thankful for many things, but let's pause to be especially grateful for Bing Crosby, who can make even silly lyrics sound good: For wonderfully bad jokes like…

Culture Statistics

Something To Be Thankful For: Climategate 2.0

Thanks to Mr, or Mrs, Anonymous, that generous individual who has graced us with a new batch of emails from the world's top climate scientists. These new missives are guaranteed…

Statistics

Romney’s Obama Number

Physicists calculate what is called the "Einstein Number."1 It is a measure of closeness. If you published a paper with that most celebrated scientist, you have an Einstein Number of…

McChuck on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 4, 2024
@Johnno - First they came for the white man. And the Jew did not speak up, because he had sent…
Uncle Mike on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 4, 2024
My prediction is the riots will not stop but instead will accelerate during Summer and into Fall.
Johnno on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
As the old saying goes... First they came for the white man. And the Jew did not speak up, because…
C-Marie on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
And then there is the African American on the UCLA campus not being allowed to walk the campus, and calling…
Pk on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
Is the right of self determination anything like freedom of association, which Americans haven’t in over 100 years?