Posted inFun Statistics
A Time To Celebrate!
I am, once more, reliving my Air Force days. I am strapped into a seat designed for a midget, jetting across the Wild Blue towards the shores of Lake Michigan,…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Finitism, Physics, Cellular Automata: The Universe as Logic
In no way is this article meant to be complete. It is more in the way of musings---a crude introduction---so that we can see where to go. Is the universe…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
The Two-Envelope Problem Solution: Part I
Another probability "paradox", the two-envelope problem1, goes like this: Before you are two envelopes, A and B. One of them contains $X and the other $2X (which is equivalent to…
Posted inPhilosophy
Sophomoronology, John C. Wright’s Pathology of Intellectuals
The article by John Wright was suggested by reader Nate Winchester. The tenured intellectual is the only known creature that denies its own existence. They are, therefore, dangerous animals. Rather,…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
You Too Can Be A Genius After 10,000 Hours
No, you cannot. That title is a lie, and, judging by a recent spate of books on the subject, a popular one. Ann Hulbert of Slate has compiled a list…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
Professions To Become Less Elitist In England
More from our Equality series: Just a sketch today; a longer article on this topic is (I hope to God) forthcoming. England is about to---it hurts to type this---Unleash Aspiration!…
Posted inBook review
Mathematicians as Comic book Superheroes
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou, with art by Alecos Papadatos and Annies Di Donna Bookhunter by Jason Shiga Can people learn…
What is the probability the Detroit Lions lose every game (again!)
I am from Detroit and I am a Lions fan; erstwhile, anyway. The Lions stink, stank, and have stunk since before I was born. They are lousy, appalling, and nausea-inducing.…