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Coal Dust Is Claimed To Kill Old People: A New Instance of the Epidemiologist Fallacy

There are a lot of new readers, and many may not yet have heard of the epidemiologist fallacy. Few tools have been as productive at generating The Science. You know…

Statistics

The Reason Why Much Science Is Broken: Every Use Of P-Values Is A Logical Fallacy

I made this picture for my talk at the first ever public Broken Science event (videos coming soon): Everybody has heard the saying "correlation doesn't imply causation." Taken loosely, it…

Culture Philosophy

Why The Continuing Appeal Of The Appeal To Non-Authority Fallacy?

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, Bitchute, or Gab. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you proof that "climate change" has completed its transformation from Science into yet…

Philosophy

Transfallacies — Common Fallacies Used To Justify Transsexualism

I don't know why they had a special Day of Visibility for "transgenders". You can't miss men in dresses pretending to be women. They are visibility itself. Nevertheless, the Day…

Podcast

How to Spot Fallacies – Podcast

Last week I was interviewed by Pat Coffin on his show about Everything You Believe Is Wrong. Best part: very little mention of coronadoom. We are all sick sick sick…

Book review Culture

The Somebody Might Get Hurt Fallacy — Excerpt from Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Today, an excerpt of Chapter 9 from Everything You Believe Is Wrong. A refutation of the precautionary principle. See if you notice any similarities with what is happening our your…

Book review Culture

The Appeal To Non-Authority Fallacy — Excerpt From Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Today, an excerpt of Chapter 6 from Everything You Believe Is Wrong. This again is only a brief excerpt from a long chapter which investigates our fascination with celebrities, ignorant…

Statistics

Gambler’s Fallacy Not As Crazy As Mathematician’s Fallacy

A new walks-into-a-bar joke begins (thanks to reader Kip Hansen for the tip): A mathematician, a philosopher and a gambler walk into a bar. As the barman pulls each of…

NLR on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
The thing that gets me about these rationalists is that they seem to think it's still 1998. All the Internet…
Rudolph Harrier on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
It was discussion of voting models that made it easy for me to believe your assertion that there are no…
Paul Murphy on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
and the #1 reason to dislike prediction markets is... they can be used like push polls to manipulate opinion -…
Plantagenet on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
Addendum I forgot to mention that since I placed my bet a couple months ago the odds are now on…
Plantagenet on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
At betting shops over here in the UK there seem to be two types of big event bets. The first…