Another reason to leave academia

1. Repeat after me: "There are no innate biological differences between men and women...except, well, women are of course better nurturers, sympathizers, empathizers, and a score of other things." 2.…

You cannot measure a mean

I often say---it is even the main theme of this blog---that people are too certain. This is especially true when people report results from classical statistics, or use classical methods…

Afternoon at GISS

Tim Hall at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies invited me to give a seminar on statistical hurricane modeling. A link to my presentation is below. Tim, with Stephen Jewson,…

Heartland conference: day 2

In the morning, there were enormous piles of bacon, which is, as all competent doctor's should recommend, the best way to start a day. Robert Balling of Arizona State gave…