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Taleb’s Curious Views On Probability — Part II: Skin in the Game

Read Part I It is in one sense fortunate that the mathematical, or rather quantitative, roots of probability began with gambling. Routine gambles are easy to understand, and the calculations…

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Taleb’s Curious Views On Probability — Part I: I Say Probability Does Not Exist

Ye Olde Statistician points us to an essay (a book chapter?) by our old pal Nassim Nicholas Taleb called "The Logic of Risk Taking". Let's examine it. You, dear reader,…

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Middle Ground Between Precautionary Principle & Inaction

From reader (and listener!) Phil Pilkington (there asterisks are original): Hi Matt, Loved your speech. Hyperskeptical Economist that I am, M Taleb did us some great favours in outlining the…

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DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part II

I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part II of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…

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DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part I

I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part I of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…

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Vatican Hosts Conference With Pantheistic Theme

Stream: Vatican Hosts Conference With Pantheistic Theme So the Vatican, under the auspices of its Pontifical Academy of Science, directed by Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, is hosting another global warming…

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In Celebration of Cult of Diversity, Google Sacrifices Employee

Stream: In Celebration of Cult of Diversity, Google Sacrifices Employee Walk into Google's headquarter's and say, "Diversity is our strength." Know what would happen? A thousand identical unquestioning strident voices…

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Induction & Intellection: Excerpt From Uncertainty

Induction is badly misunderstood. Here is an abridged and augmented excerpt (how's that!) from Uncertainty's Chapter 3. There is no knowledge more certain than that provided by induction. Without induction,…

Briggs on Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating MeatAugust 5, 2025
Kip, I invite you to look the authors up.
Kip Hansen on Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating MeatAugust 5, 2025
Briggs ==> Are we sure that this isn't a spoof? Intentionally idiotic? It is "morally obligatory" to make humans sick?
Paul Fischer on Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating MeatAugust 5, 2025
The tick lobby must have funded this paper.
McChuck on Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating MeatAugust 5, 2025
When the goal is genocide, all means are "moral". When your religion tells you to joyously slaughter, the tools don't…
Leonard on Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating MeatAugust 5, 2025
But what do they have to say about abortion?