Posted inPhilosophy
On Demonic Possession
Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city…
Posted inStatistics
Quack Quack: 25% of Students “Traumatized” By 2016 Election
Headline 25% of students say they were traumatized by the 2016 election, study says A quarter of students found the 2016 so traumatic they now report symptoms of PTSD, according…
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Cornell Professor Exposes His Wee P-values One Too Many Times: All P-values Are P-Hacking
The over-production of wee p-values led to the downfall of Cornell Professor Brian Wansink, who is being made to retire (with what we can guess is a comfortable "package"). We…
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A Case Of Bad Statistics In An IQ-Intelligence Study
We're going to soon talk more about "IQ" and "intelligence". I'm working on a more in-depth article on the subject to carefully explicate the vast over-certainties I see on "both…
Posted inCulture
Western Colonialism Did Some Good
Those who lived where the Aztecs once ruled must thank God for Western colonialism. If it wasn't for the glorious religion of the Spanish, Mesoamerican governments might still be cutting…
Posted inCulture
Insanity & Doom Update LIII
Item Recognizing Women Leaders in Fire Science cross the breadth of fire science disciplines, women are leaders in fire research and development. We want to acknowledge some of these leaders…
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The Epidemiologist Fallacy Strikes Again: Premature Birth Rate Edition
Hypothesis testing leads to more scientific nonsense than any other practice, including fraud. Hypothesis testing, as regular readers know, cannot identify cause. It conflates decision with probability and leads to…
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Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing
Nothing can cure significance testing. Except a bullet to the p-value. (That sound you heard was from readers pretending to swoon.) The paper is out and official---and free!: "Manipulating the…
