Posted inPhilosophy
Mark Twain
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health.…
Posted inPhilosophy
Schumer’s Fairness Doctrine fatuity
First listen to the appalling Chuck Schumer responding to a question about the proposed Fairness Doctrine (link from Unfair Doctrine): Let's summarize. He said: I think we should all try…
TV…no, wait…rain causes autism
A few months ago we looked at a paper that purported to show that watching TV causes autism. Well, that paper has finally been peer reviewed, and therefore published. It's…
Posted inBook review Philosophy Statistics
Breaking the Law of Averages: Real-Life Probability and Statistics in Plain English
It is finally done! You may order directly from the publisher here1. The book will also be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. in about a month. I'll update…
Posted inStatistics
Probability of McCain win
This is a bit of a preview of a paper my friend Russ Zaretzki are working on. Take a gander at his pic: This is the probability that John McCain…
Posted inStatistics
John McCain will win
I am wrong about a lot of things (see my essay "Let them Fail"), and it is a truism to say that I might be wrong about this, but I…
Posted inStatistics
Let them fail
The same experts, in Congress and out, who did not foresee and who promulgated the current banking/credit crisis are the same ones assuring us their plan for salvation is just…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Not all uncertainty can be quantified
(This essay will form, when re-written more intelligently, part of Chapter 15, the final Chapter, of my book. Which is coming....soon? The material below is not easy nor brief, folks.…