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In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)
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In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)

Richard Feynman wasn't the first to suggest negative probabilities. That recognition goes to Paul Dirac, who introduced them and negative energies at the same time---because he thought these things explained…
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CDC Lies To Itself, And You, On Vax Immunity; The Lancet Study Which Shows Vaccination Does Little;  More! — Coronavirus Update CIV
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CDC Lies To Itself, And You, On Vax Immunity; The Lancet Study Which Shows Vaccination Does Little; More! — Coronavirus Update CIV

HELP Please comment below if you know of ties to specific vaccines and fetal tissues. Thanks. THE PURGES BEGIN https://twitter.com/_Andy_Boyd_/status/1454955163047940100 See the whole thread. Doc with natural acquired immunity after…
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How An AI-Machine Learning-Physics-Sociological-Whatever Model Can Be Good For One Man & Bad For Another
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How An AI-Machine Learning-Physics-Sociological-Whatever Model Can Be Good For One Man & Bad For Another

A model---which I do not distinguish between a theory---can be useful to one man and useless to the next. "But Briggs, people don't treat theories the same as models." Right:…
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How Whiteness Arises From Critical Race Theorists Decrying Measurement White Supremacist
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How Whiteness Arises From Critical Race Theorists Decrying Measurement White Supremacist

The irony of calling the best parts of Western culture "white supremacist" is lost on debased race hustlers. Probably because recognizing the full logical implication of the charge requires just…
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The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing
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The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing

Since we'll soon be discussing cause in the Class, and nowhere is cause as difficult as it is in quantum mechanics, and because somebody recently reminded me of Scott Locklin's…
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Post-Approval Drug Failures: More Reasons To Eliminate P-values & Parameter-Centric Methods
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Post-Approval Drug Failures: More Reasons To Eliminate P-values & Parameter-Centric Methods

Some comments on the JAMA: Internal Medicine article "An International Perspective on Drugs for Cancer: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times" by Richard Lehman. Drugs increase fast, and…
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Eggs and ‘PFAS-Easter’ or Selling Fear on the Day of Resurrection — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
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Eggs and ‘PFAS-Easter’ or Selling Fear on the Day of Resurrection — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Briggs note: The point Jaap makes that measurability does not equate to toxicity, i.e. causal, needs emphasizing. It's related to how you go to the doctor and some measure is,…
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Class 50: Independence Versus Irrelevance
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Class 50: Independence Versus Irrelevance

Independence implies causality; irrelevance is consistent with logic. A reminder that there is no such thing as unconditional probability. WARNING for those reading the email version! The text below might…
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