April 3, 2024 – William M. Briggs

Did Republicans Report More Vax Adverse Events? How Not To Do Statistics

A perpetual staple of statistical shenanigans are "studies" comparing one heterogeneous population with other, or with many other heterogeneous populations, where the researcher picks out one item among the myriad…

Paul Fischer on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
The answer is 0. This is just a geometric series but it's INFINITE. No way will there ever be no…
McChuck on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
There are apples in the sack at midnight. I offer three distinct proofs. 1) The countably infinite steps are (+10…
Heresolong on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
This is why I hate probability. But here's my take, and I'll go with P=0. Each action, addition and removal,…
The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie Tomorrow – William M. Briggs on How To Resolve All Probability Paradoxes: Apples In Sack ExampleNovember 26, 2025
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Rex8or Legitimax Prime on Antichrist, by Saint Robert BellarmineNovember 26, 2025
All those religions based texts are a combination of fiction, politics, philosophy and living life advice, that sort of thing.…