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Class 4: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: The Return of Logic

Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble This week I really could have benefited from seeing people's reactions. Ah, well. HOMEWORK It is true that "If p then…

Culture Philosophy

Stars In Our Eyes, Rotting Our Minds

For the closing days of summer, I am posting every chapter of the first edition of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. My enemies ravaged the first edition, inserting typos galore…

Philosophy

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

Headline from MSN: "Jewish senators alarmed by Alito’s pro-Christian agenda". Jewish Democratic senators are alarmed by conservative Justice Samuel Alito’s sympathy for basing government on Christian principles — something he…

Statistics

Prominent Academic Asks: When And How Did Statistics Lose Its Way?

The question is not mine. It belongs to Philip Stark, who asked it of Deborah Mayo at a Berkeley lecture. Stark plainly asked five good questions: When and how did…

Statistics

Class 35: The Grand Scheme: All Of Probability & Uncertainty In 30 Minutes

Here my friends is the whole of probability and uncertainty, in highlight form. A quick overview of where we have been, what we're doing, and where we're going. All can…

Culture Philosophy

Somebody Might Get Hurt!

For the closing days of summer, I am posting every chapter of the first edition of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. My enemies ravaged the first edition, inserting typos galore…

Statistics

I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I Need

Some libertarian on Twitter said that my arguments against immigration were bad. I hadn't by that time made any, except to point out his utilitarian argument that measles rates had…

Culture Philosophy Statistics

William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – Thorinquiry

Thanks to EMM for the donation! I was interviewed by Duncan Thorin Shields (he goes by Thorin) last week. He asked the best questions I think I've ever been asked.…

Phil R on Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know BestJune 3, 2025
Not sure if relevant, but short personal anecdote. My wife used to work for a pest control company. one time…
JH on Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know BestJune 3, 2025
Of course, experts are only considered experts when they say what you want to hear.
JH on Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass ShootingJune 3, 2025
If you believe it is incorrect to conclude that a person with a higher IQ score tends to possess greater…
JH on Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass ShootingJune 3, 2025
Statistics show that individuals aged 80 and older represent roughly 4% of the total population, which is probably the reason…
Ray on Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass ShootingJune 3, 2025
This shows why nobody believes studies by doctors on guns.