Statistics – Page 251 – William M. Briggs

Lesson 2: Evidence and the Mysticism of Randomness

We made rather merry at the Chapter House last night, an annual tradition. Class begins in two hours. I can still hear the vuvus. Sheesh. Statements about the unknown made…

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Lesson 1: Limitations and Logic

The internet connectivity here at the Statler almost reaches the category of stinks. Responses will be even slower than usual in appearing. Act like an Freshman should and crack the…

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Will Nature’s Lust Force A Change In Peer Review?

Nature is one sexy item. All the top scientists ogle it and want to possess it. It wears a slick, glossy cover, speaks only in seductive tones, and feels its…

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Castrations To Increase Due To Global Warming; Or, Reindeer Not Having A Ball

See if you have the smarts to follow this: global warming is going to cause "thick ice layers on top of [the] snow" in Norway, which will make "it harder…

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Science And Beer Goggles

Am still catching up from my travels. Readers will be able to judge the level of my jet lag. The headline from the Daily Mail reads, "Science proves beer goggles…

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Plutarch On Coincidence

I am traveling today and will be out of contact. And so the briefest introduction to coincidences via the examination of how one classic writer viewed them. We'll explore this…

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The Falsely Restricted Outcomes of the Prisoner’s Dilemma

2019 --- This blog is charged with Contributing to the Delinquency of Citizens. Its recent post, "The Government Should Mind Its Own Business" was found, by the ministry of free…

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Dear Ben Santer

Dear Ben, How was your trip to D.C.? Were you nervous when you testified before Congress about how ridiculous climate science in the public has become? I read that you…

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A number of people have made the observation that you can reliably predict the future prestige and income of a…
Milton Hathaway on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
Universities are steadily becoming a poorer and poorer fit with modern educational needs, most now harming more people than they…
Briggs on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
JH, I like them, too.
JH on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
Briggs, those words are sweeping statements. Garbage. Let me not waste more time.
Cary D Cotterman on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
Girls being shortchanged and discriminated against in school is a myth. When I was a boy in U.S. public school,…