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Which Statistics Grad School If You’re Sick Of Hocus-Pocus P-values?

I received this query from a reader and thought it important enough for all of us to answer. I was hoping you could provide some advice for an aspiring statistician.…

Philosophy Statistics

Probability & Statistics Cannot Prove Cause

Correlation I was at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness conference in Ontario (LA) California and gave my paper The Crisis Of Evidence: Why Probability And Statistics Cannot Discover Cause, which…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Can God Know The Future?

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Does God…

Culture

This Week In Doom: Utopia Or Death (Baseball’s and Yours)

I For One Welcome Our New Robot Masters Computerized Umpire Calls Shots At San Rafael Pacifics Baseball Game The San Rafael Pacifics are no strangers to promotions, but a computerized…

Culture

Remnant: Archbishop Cupich Gives Up The Ghost

Today's post is at The Remnant: Archbishop Cupich Gives Up The Ghost: What do you think the Catholic Church, that great representation of Christ's body on earth, in Chicagoland is…

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Writer Says Discovery Of Extraterrestrial Life Would Be Bad News For God. God Says Nope

The danger of writing about that in which you are ignorant is that you're bound to look foolish. Let's see an example. Jeff Schweitzer, who bills himself as a scientist…

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The Crisis Of Evidence: Why Probability And Statistics Cannot Discover Cause. New Paper

Cancer of the albondigas is horrifyingly under-diagnosed. See your doctor today and ask him if Profitizol is right for you. Today's post, in a way, is at Arxiv: The Crisis…

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Stream: Vatican Environmental Conference: A Marriage of Bad Governors and Bad Science

Today's post is at the Stream: Vatican Environmental Conference: A Marriage of Bad Governors and Bad Science. The excerpt here keeps my caveman joke which was lost somewhere downstream. Jerry…

Uncle Mike on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
Thank you Spud. It's a simple teaching, not an obscure one, but nearly impossible to follow. Nevertheless ...
jay on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
For God so loved his enemies... He nuked Sodom and ghamora from orbit. It is the only way to be…
Michael Dowd on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
Cary. Yet it's "fair" for the rich to bribe the government for low tax rates, monopoly friendly laws, and special…
Cary Cotterman on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
Michael Dowd, there's nothing "fair" about a government implementing distribution of wealth. It's stealing.
Brian (bulaoren) on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
I often try to post amusing quips on your site. Sadly, today, I have nothing amusing to say. Great evil…