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Register Your Predictions For 2026!
My Dear Friends and Despised Enemies, Once Again, Happy New Year. As has been our tradition these many years, it’s time to register our predictions for the coming year. We…
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Canada Invents New Euphemism For Doctor Killings
"See that guy over there, Mugsy?" "Yeah, boss." "He needs to be provisioned." "You got it, boss." I have a small collection of euphemisms for killings, curious deaths and murder.…
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On The Form Of Species: ‘Dance To The Tune Of Life’ by Denis Noble Reviewed
Due to the length of yesterday's and today's post, there will be no post tomorrow. Video at bottom. There are two ways to review a book like Denis Noble's Dance…
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Class 73: How To Tell If You Have Bad Dice
This is the most in-depth, complicated Class yet. But it has everything. Every probability problem turns out to be just like asking Pr(Dice loaded|Evidence). I hope you stick by this…
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The Perfect Conspiracy Theory
I didn't believe it when I first heard the most perfect conspiracy theory. You won't either. Who would? But once I did hear, I searched, because that is what good…
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The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie Tomorrow
Via Alexander Bogomolny: At 1 minute to midnight 10 apples fall into a sack. The same happens at half a minute to midnight, then at a quarter minute to midnight,…
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Donald vs Ishmael vs Esau — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
I haven’t written for a year. Since Donald won his third term. The reason is because I wanted to see if he learned any lessons. Therefore, I had to watch…
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Class 72: Most Claims Of “Controlled For” Are Wrong: The Wrong Way
Do not conduct or trust any regression, or any probability model, before you understand what "control" means and does NOT mean. NO CLASS NEXT WEEK. Video https://youtu.be/_ON42EEGrb4 Links: YouTube *…