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Resolved: Statisticians To Cease Using “Independence”, Change To “Irrelevance”

What's the difference between "independence" and "irrelevance" and why does that difference matter? This typical passage is from The First Course in Probability by Sheldon Ross (p. 87) is lovely…

Statistics

How’d We Do On Our 2014 Predictions?

This post is one that has been restored after the hacking. All original comments were lost. Time to tally. As has become our tradition, each New Year's Eve we see…

Statistics

On That New “Gay Gene” Study

First and most important point: there is no way we're going to cover in 750 words the whole of this field. Much will be left out. This small article is…

Culture Philosophy

Pregnant, And No Civil Rights?

Now there's nothing more wearisome than a discussion of "rights"; and having one on a Monday may be unforgivable. But I beg the reader's indulgence as last Friday's New York…

Philosophy Statistics

On Nate Silver’s Predictions: Which Side Of The Probability Equation Are We On?

When I checked FiveThirtyEight.com's Senate prediction, it said "Republicans have a 72.3% chance of winning a majority." There were also words that the "probability that each party will win control…

Culture Statistics

Update On Gun Crime: Downward Bound. Vote Accordingly

Elections are nearing and some of our friends are worried about guns. Measures are on ballots, votes are urged; that sort of thing. Nerves are raw, tempers are flared. Now…

Culture Philosophy

Jerry Coyne Has A Go At Pope Francis. Shoots Self In Foot

Since it's Halloween, we may as well examine the spooks, hobgoblins, and bogeymen which taunt and haunt the minds of our public undead, which is to say, our intellectuals. Now…

Statistics

Class Report: How Not To Teach Statistics

It's over. Two solid weeks of 9 to 5 to 9 and beyond statistics. Plus a few cocktails and cookouts and camaraderie. I'm exhausted. The students are mostly later early…

Uncle Mike on Antichrist, by Saint Robert BellarmineNovember 25, 2025
I'm convinced that Joe Biden is The Antichrist. It all fits: the head injury (aneurysms), rising from the dead (Auto…
Antichrist, by Saint Robert Bellarmine – William M. Briggs on Traditional Christianity All But Kaput In Western Europe, And Even USANovember 25, 2025
[…] is that this book review exists. There are still many in the world who avow Christianity, though the number…
Briggs on Antichrist, by Saint Robert BellarmineNovember 25, 2025
Cary, It's astonishing that anyone, having seen the last century of history, does not. Ron, Are you?
Cary D Cotterman on Antichrist, by Saint Robert BellarmineNovember 25, 2025
It's astonishing that anyone this side of the 16th century takes this hooey seriously.
Brian (bulaoren) on Antichrist, by Saint Robert BellarmineNovember 25, 2025
If we see that term; "Antichrist" as adjective rather than noun, the pool of candidates will greatly expand.