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Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help Requested
I flatter myself that this is the best general thing I have written to explain why you must never, not ever, use a p-value, hypothesis test, "significance", Bayes value, or…
Posted inStatistics
AI Needs To Feed On Fresh Meat, Or It Dies
In Asimov's original Foundation, a novel set amidst a fading and decaying Empire, one saturated in hubris and self-esteem, we meet Lord Dorwin, a celebrated scholar from the Galactic Empire,…
Posted inCulture
Case Study In Making Science Propaganda: Cooking Becomes Pollution
Major Headline! "That mouth-watering aroma of fresh food cooking? It may be degrading air quality". Story opens thus: It’s been known for years that cooking indoors can taint the air…
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The Simple Math That Proves Our Worship Of Victims Must Cause Our Doom
I did a poor job explaining that The Only Way To Avoid Illegal Discrimination Is To Illegally Discriminate. I said: I won’t show the math, but it should be easy…
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Why Does Science Say Everything Will Kill You?
Everything, Science says, will kill you or ill you. Or cure you. Last week I gave readers homework to go to scholar.google.com and type in "X 'reduces' risk" (or 'increases')…
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Class 11: One Son Born Tuesday & Relevance. Update: Homework Added!
Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute HOMEWORK: RELEVANCE. A psychic is guessing cards from a standard poker deck…
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Class 45: The False Hope Of Falsification
Every scientist loves to say that of theories and models that are falsifiable are "scientific". Alas, this excludes by nature and in practice all models and theories used by scientists.…
Posted inPhilosophy
What Parts Of Reality Does Science Describe, And Which Parts Are Merely Constructs?
A rose would not smell as sweet if it was called, as it likely is called in German, a sourbloodpetal. Or whatever. Naming things, getting the good names for things,…
