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Stream: Why Science Is Broken & How To Fix It
Today's post is at The Stream: Why Science Is Broken, and How To Fix It: It comes down to bad politics, bad money, and bad philosophy. Here are snippets. Plus:…
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Number 1 Book In Epistemology & In Logic! Get It While It’s Hot!
It's probably gone by now, but for a little while my new book, Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics, was "#1 New Release in Epistemology" then "#1 New…
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A Brief Explanation Of Occam’s Razor
We're interested in whether some proposition Y is true. One explanation, perhaps causal or deterministic, or even only probabilistic, is X. Thus, Pr(Y | X) is high or equals 1.…
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Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don’t Have Free Will
Today's post is at The Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don't Have Free Will. ..."Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest after study…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Souls Survive The Body: Plan Accordingly
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Once again,…
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American Statistical Association Statement On Statistical Significance & P-values, With My Comments
Editorial Note: I had this originally scheduled to go Monday, but due to Stream's Creatorgate piece showing up yesterday, I delayed this by a day. I think I only have…
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Scientists Hint That Water Perhaps Might Possibly Be Good For Kids
When I was a kid they had these things called drinking fountains in public places. Schools had 'em, too. They stood about yea-high. You'd push a button and water would…
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Do People Really Believe In Chance & The Deadly Sin of Reification?
From our very own JMJ, who asked this in response to an announcement of my new book (read this first): Briggs, how many people how you encountered who need these…
