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Probability’s Empirical Bias
Bit of logic (a favorite example) from our teacher Lewis Carroll: given "All cats understand French and that some chickens are cats", what can we say about the proposition "Some…
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Build Your Own Embryo DNA Kits, Because Justice
A curious statement in Guy Ringler's "Get Ready for Embryos From Two Men or Two Women": ...There likely will be a time when reproductive science could create an embryo from…
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Journal Bans Wee P-values—And Confidence Intervals! Break Out The Champagne!
Well, it banned all p-values, wee or not. And confidence intervals! The journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, that is. Specifically, they axed the "null hypothesis significance testing procedure".…
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Response To Trenberth Over “Why Models Run Hot”
Update Be sure to come back on Sunday and see my wrap-up column. A reporter from Nature who could not be brought to understand science was more important than fallacy…
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Reporting On So-Called Climate Reporters: Update 4
Update Be sure to come back on Sunday and see my wrap-up column. The first section of this article contains background on the subject which should be read, the second…
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“The Church Believes In Science.” And That Global Warming Is Akin To Slavery?
Der Spiegel conducted an interview with the President of the Pontifical Science Academy Bischop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo. It's worth going over a few of the questions (I used Google translate).…
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Government Funding Is A Conflict Of Interest: Cowardly Calls For Climate Scientist’s Firing. Update
The Beast What entity pours by far the most money into scientific research? I'll give you a hint. It's the same entity that has been growing without bound, mercilessly muscling…
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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…