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Replacements for Representation: Bayes From the Ground Up

A primary justification for Bayesian probability is De Finetti's representation theorem, which is stated like this. You are to observe a sequence of 0s and 1s, "failures" and "successes" if…

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Finitism, Physics, Cellular Automata: The Universe as Logic

In no way is this article meant to be complete. It is more in the way of musings---a crude introduction---so that we can see where to go. Is the universe…

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Postmodernism and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Since I am, by nature, a compassionate individual, I had been thinking of how we might Sokal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). It is for their…

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Feigned Surprises of the Week: Journolist and Our New Tax

Said the main-stream journalist on Journolist, "If they of the right wing don't behave and treat our Golden Boy properly, we'll call them racists. It matters not whom we pick…

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A Bust—I mean must—Read; Or, An Evolution in Bra Sizes

"Excuse me, miss. Would you care to participate in science?" Sometimes being a statistician is enviable. In a flash of scientific brilliance, Australian statisticians have just completed a massive study…

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M. Night Shyamalan, Mel Gibson, and John Wayne

Part II of the Two-Envelope problem was not too friendly, so here's something that is. Via HotAir, I came across the site Marginal Revolution, in which was featured a graph…

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The Two-Envelope Problem Solution: Part II

Read Part I first. We are in the peek first game here. The distribution of N When X is odd, and all X are discrete, we know we should always…

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The Two-Envelope Problem Solution: Part I

Another probability "paradox", the two-envelope problem1, goes like this: Before you are two envelopes, A and B. One of them contains $X and the other $2X (which is equivalent to…

hudbwu on World Ends In 25 years! Towns Become Slaughterhouses! Peter Thiel Disguises Self As Sheep!September 1, 2025
I think this book is best skipped. It's amazing they talk about "climate change" with regards to Permian, but fail…
hudbwu on Pray For The Downfall, Ruin, Confusion & Conversion Of The Doctors & Experts Causing TransanitySeptember 1, 2025
@Rudolph Harrier: do you mind if I copy-paste your comment wholesale, with a URL pointing back here, to a random…
Brian (bulaoren) on Pray For The Downfall, Ruin, Confusion & Conversion Of The Doctors & Experts Causing TransanitySeptember 1, 2025
I have long suspected that the most dangerous members of society are those who view themselves as victims.
Rudolph Harrier on Pray For The Downfall, Ruin, Confusion & Conversion Of The Doctors & Experts Causing TransanitySeptember 1, 2025
This is of course a complicated topic, but here are the causes I've observed for the school shooting phenomenon: 1.)…
Jane Doe on Dutch Regime To Seize Private Land Because Of Faux Nitrogen Crisis – A Brutal Example Of The ScienceSeptember 1, 2025
You wouln't believe how vehemently some people defend this nitrogen bullshit. They are basically saying we should turn our country…