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Science Confirms Astrology! Plus, Machine Learning, Big Data, And Causes

Health signs The alternate title to today's post, suggested by reader Kip Hansen, is "Data scientists find connections between birth month and health". Don't scoff. We're talking peer review and…

Statistics

How’d We Do On Our 2017 Predictions?

How'd we do? Not so hot. We missed big events; but then, 2017 was a screwy year with our continued slide into Insanity & Doom accelerating. As Yogi Berra may…

Fun

New & Improved Way To Support Your Favorite Blog!

Uncontrolled gleeful trembling is the most common symptom upon learning the Big News that there is a New & Improved! way to support the blog! You know this method must…

Statistics

P-Value Hacking Is Finally Being Noticed

Since I'm on the road, all typos today are free of charge. Some reasonably good news to report. A peer-reviewed paper: "The fickle P value generates irreproducible results" by Lewis…

Statistics

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…

Statistics

Third Way Of Probability & Statistics Gets Comments

I just discovered a written comment, actually two, on my sketch-paper "The Third Way Of Probability & Statistics: Beyond Testing and Estimation To Importance, Relevance, and Skill". Now when I…

Culture Statistics

Stop Teaching Frequentism; More On That “Altruism” Study; Etc.

Freq Out Reader ECM points us to "The Great Statistical Schism", by a fellow named Brendon Brewer who "is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics in Auckland." Brewer…

Culture Philosophy

Is Truth And Evidence In Medicine Fascist? Update: Yes.

See what you think of this peer-reviewed paper by Dave Holmes in the International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare called "Deconstructing the evidence-based discourse in health sciences: truth, power and…

KGB on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 5, 2025
Cole's article, while reading like the diary of a jilted 7th grade girl, is the very embodiment of crying out…
Briggs on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 4, 2025
John W, Garrett, You are welcome.
Richard S. on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
I'm sorry but must correct the record. I have been a radio fan since the early 1960s -- AM, FM,…
John W. Garrett on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 4, 2025
S.Sgt Briggs, Thanks for this near-perfect example of sophistry and thimble-rigging.
Briggs on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
JDinPA, CCReed, I see Cole's accusations, but he offers no proof. If he has it, he ought to give it.…