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The ad I wish CATO would have run
I did not think to say this to CATO when they sent me an email requesting I sign their ad. I should have suggested this alternative, and as our Uncle…
Posted inCulture
Some pieces you should see
Wired article on copulas Reader Scott Bury forwarded this article from Wired on the probability function that many used to quantify the risk of certain financial instruments. You can think…
I don’t know if it’s irony, but it is funny
A bunch of people have gathered in Washington DC today to protest global warming. Well, a presumed cause of it: coal burning. Here are two relevant images: The lesson is…
Posted inBook review Philosophy Statistics
What appeal to authority means and what it doesn’t
This article is meant to be the first is a small series of demonstrations of how not and how to argue for or against climate activism. The level of argumentation…
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Help finding paper.
Two days ago a report appeared in various places announcing the results of a new paper tying malaria to "global warming." I'd like to find the paper but I haven't…
Posted inFun
For I, James Hansen, Scientist, have spoken
The quotations below are true in spirit. For the original political editorial, click here, which you really should read first. I struggled for a long time to think of an…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Theory confirmation and disconfirmation
Time for an incomplete mini-lesson on theory confirmation and disconfirmation. Suppose you have a theory, or model, about how some thing works. That thing might be global warming, stock market…
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Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies
Since we had so much fun with the Military List. Plus, it's Friday. Star Wars The original 1977 theatrical, error-filled release only. Han did shoot first. The storm troopers did…