How to cheat with statistics: CNN ad
In today's New York Post (p. 31) runs a full page add by CNN. The ad itself looks like a PowerPoint presentation, that is, a dull layout driven by bullet…
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The limits of statistics: black swans and randomness
The author of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, has penned the essay THE FOURTH QUADRANT: A MAP OF THE LIMITS OF STATISTICS over at Edge.org…
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The limits of acceptable criminal behavior to combat global warming
I want to ask a favor of my regular readers and of those who occasionally come here to seek an alternate view. You can help me spread the word. Yesterday,…
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On male pattern baldness and global warming
Global warming doesn't cause baldness in men. At least, I haven't seen anybody claiming this. Yet. No, I'm talking about the little-known theory of intelligence and hair length. For a…
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Some more reasons why I should be in charge
I want to mourn, too The man who can rightly be called the Father of Statistics, Ronald Aylmer Fisher, while an incredibly bright man, showed that all of us are…
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Still a few days left to guess who will win Presidential race
If you haven't already, please guess who will win the 2008 Presidential race. If you have voted, please do not do so again. We've been running the poll for a…
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Predict who will win the US Presidential Race
When you have a chance, please log on to https://www.wmbriggs.com/president.php and guess who will win the election this year. This poll closes on 11:50 pm 14 September 2008. No guessing…
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New Democrat Theme Song
Lifetime Democrat and far-left advocate Linda Ronstadt threw her support behind that party's nominee Thursday, according to the singer's agent. Ms Ronstadt donated her Top 40 hit "Poor, Poor Pitiful…