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The Epidemiologist Fallacy Strikes Again: Premature Birth Rate Edition

Hypothesis testing leads to more scientific nonsense than any other practice, including fraud. Hypothesis testing, as regular readers know, cannot identify cause. It conflates decision with probability and leads to…

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A Case Of Bad Statistics In An IQ-Intelligence Study

We're going to soon talk more about "IQ" and "intelligence". I'm working on a more in-depth article on the subject to carefully explicate the vast over-certainties I see on "both…

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Headline: We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans. Amen: We Did

When they used to tell me I would shorten my life ten years by smoking, they little knew the devotee they were wasting their puerile word upon---they little knew how…

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Bad Science Used to Block Americans’ Access to Life-Saving Technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbf_TXqEY-Y Our friend Jane Orient, lead doc at Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, put out the release below, in which she very kindly mentions Yours Truly. The AAPS runs…

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‘Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics’ Reviewed Again

The following review appeared in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (pdf). Jane Orient is the lead doc at Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, publishers of the journal.…

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Scientists Hint That Water Perhaps Might Possibly Be Good For Kids

When I was a kid they had these things called drinking fountains in public places. Schools had 'em, too. They stood about yea-high. You'd push a button and water would…

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Rare Win For Forces Of Sanity: Or, PM2.5 Isn’t As Scary As We’ve Been Told

Quick note to a news story in which I have an interest. WORLD LOGISTICS CENTER: Moreno Valley OKs megawarehouse on 3-2 vote After three years of controversy that has divided…

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It’s World Statistics Day! Death To P-Values, Hypothesis Tests, And False Ascriptions Of Cause! #StatsDay15

Who said the UN doesn't do anything useful? Courtesy of that august body, it's World Statistics Day! Official statistics help decision makers develop informed policies that impact millions of people.…

JH on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
I have the impression that doctors do not want the responsibility of making decisions for you and your children. There…
JH on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
Mr. Briggs, how do you go from This bill would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and…
BDavi52 on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
More than Scientism....more than our obsession with Expertology.....we have become a very timid, a very frightened people: scared to death…
Rudolph Harrier on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
I lost my last shred of respect for the medical industry back in the COVID days. Specifically, when I heard…
Cary D Cotterman on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
Back when I was a kid in the '60s, I remember my dad railing against the "doctor-gods" who had such…