Posted inFun
Time To Donate!
Time for the semi-annual call to contribute! Do this The best way to ensure the continued existence of this backwater block is to pass on articles that you like, or…
Posted inStatistics
The Sorrow And The Pity Of P-values
Thanks to the Wrath of Gnon, we have this report: Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire, from Phys.org. Earlier this fall Dr. Scott Solomon presented the results of…
Posted inStatistics
Many Atheists Still Believe In Higher Powers—Whatever Those Are
A new report on atheists is of interest. It's "Understanding Unbelief: Atheists and agnostics around the world: Interim findings from 2019 research in Brazil, China, Denmark, Japan, the United Kingdom,…
Posted inCulture
What Happens If Doctors Keep Up The Killing
The Wall Street Journal interviewed a month ago Paul McHugh, now 87, who is a psychiatrist from Johns Hopkins, where he famously, or infamously, in the 70s closed that hospital's…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Bad Arguments For Lockdowns & The Burden Of Proof. Also: US States Analysis
The burden of proof that lockdowns work is clearly on those imposing and supporting lockdowns. Lockdown skeptics are under no obligation whatsoever to show lockdowns do not work. Lockdowns are…
Posted inStatistics
Stop Using P-values & Parameter-Centric Methods
P-values should be banned. Every use of them involves a fallacy or mistake in thinking. "P-values have some good uses." No, they don't. I used every as in every. "P-values…
Posted inBook review Culture
Book Sneak Peek: Imposing Your Beliefs Fallacy
All, here is a segment, a tease, a mere fragment, of an upcoming book of popular fallacies from the chapter Imposing Your Beliefs Fallacy. The Imposing Your Belief Fallacy occurs…
