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The Pandemic Is Over, Biden Said. No! We Need It, Experts Said
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The Pandemic Is Over, Biden Said. No! We Need It, Experts Said

It's always fun when Biden is not under strict supervision---super vision; apt, that, in our technological age. Were those earplugs? Anyway, when not in the eye, he usually ends up…
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Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That
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Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That

My enemies managed to change the spelling of Principal in the title. They are everywhere. Principal Component Analysis There is an extremely popular analytic technique called Principal Component Analysis, or…
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The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting
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The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting

This post first appeared in modified form on 29 Januarty 2014. It also appears (also modified) in Chapter 4 of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. Have you heard of Mesd-su-Re?…
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Vex-Caused Deaths In The UK
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Vex-Caused Deaths In The UK

Anon sends us to the UK's vex and no vex death data, which in the version I'm using was last updated in May. I'm using Table 2 from that report.…
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You, Dear Reader, Are An Extremist
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You, Dear Reader, Are An Extremist

We live in the Golden Age of Comedy. Need proof? Somebody said this imagery (embiggened one here) was like Hitler and Stalin had a baby. This could happen, too, because…
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Coronadoom Update: Why Are Masks & Models Believed?
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Coronadoom Update: Why Are Masks & Models Believed?

Many off this week, out on their last grand chance to cling to summer. As is proper. So you might have missed a few juicy coroandoom items. Incidentally, we'll tackle…
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The Federal Takeover Of Colleges Through Paying Off Student Loans
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The Federal Takeover Of Colleges Through Paying Off Student Loans

So the regime is implementing student loan "forgiveness." Which is to say, it's having you through your taxes pay the loans of students, so the students pay less, or nothing.…
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The Difference Between Variability & Uncertainty In Risk
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The Difference Between Variability & Uncertainty In Risk

Reader question: Dear Dr. Briggs I regularly read your blog and have purchased both your books. I especially liked your book on Uncertainty, although I need to study it a…
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