Statistics – Page 235 – William M. Briggs

We Are All Eugenicists Now: New Test Identifies 3,500 Genetic “Faults” In Fetuses — Update

See the crucial update below. I was assured, several times, that my second son was to be my first daughter. The doctors who told me this had performed certain tests,…

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Worst Invention Of All Time?

Your help is urgently needed to decide what is the worst invention of all time. Any man-made item, and only man-made items, are eligible. Rocks, for instance, no matter to…

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How Paranormal Research Differs From Normal Research

Cornell's Daryl Bem case is instructive. He's an academic who has published several notable peer-reviewed articles which claim that (several different versions of) ESP is real. Trouble is, despite the…

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The Science In The Mercury Report By Florida’s DEP — Guest Post By Willie Soon

Our friend Willie Soon wrote this editorial in response to this letter from the Florida DEP. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is here. As a scientist who has spent…

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The Difference Between Technical And Plain English Correlation

Since the subject has come up so often, today a note on the words correlated and correlation. They have technical definitions and plain English meanings. The two definitions overlap but…

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Gloom, Despair, Email Spoofing, And Kahan’s Science Literacy Paper

Somebody spoofed my Yahoo email address which I use for ordering, registrations and the like. Sent hundreds of emails to my contact list yesterday. Now I ordinarily run Linux, which…

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Astrologers See Obama Victory

Alas, our great nation is in retrograde, with the House of Koalemos (Greek god of stupidity) rising, ever rising. Dark cosmic forces have aligned---perhaps maligned is a better way to…

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On The Murder And Death Of Classical Music

It is difficult to discover one word which adequately and non-misleadingly describes what is today called "music" and what used to go by that name a century or more ago.…

hudbwu on What Are The Chances 6 AfD Candidates Die Before An Election?September 10, 2025
Yeah, if you need this much math to SEE the signal in the first place, then the state didn't whack…
Briggs on Class 64: No Confidence (Interval) In ParametersSeptember 9, 2025
gareth, Excellent point. See this week's class.
gareth on Class 64: No Confidence (Interval) In ParametersSeptember 9, 2025
Dear Briggs - you keep quoting "Probability of Data Not Seen GIVEN Hypothesis is False". You know of which you…
Lucy Tucker on The False Expectation Of PermanenceSeptember 9, 2025
Je ne sais pas.
Brian (bulaoren) on The False Expectation Of PermanenceSeptember 9, 2025
Ou sont les neiges d'antan?