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New Paper: Parameter-Centric Analysis Grossly Exaggerates Certainty
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New Paper: Parameter-Centric Analysis Grossly Exaggerates Certainty

By moi as well. Paper link. Abstract: The reason probability models are used is to characterize uncertainty in observables. Typically, certainty in the parameters of fitted models based on their…
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New Paper: Don’t Test, Decide — Updated: Now With Paper Link!
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New Paper: Don’t Test, Decide — Updated: Now With Paper Link!

Paper link. By moi. Abstract: There is no reason to use traditional hypothesis testing. If one's goal is to assess past performance of a model, then a simple measure or…
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The Political Corruption Of Science — Sex Assigned At Birth Edition
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The Political Corruption Of Science — Sex Assigned At Birth Edition

A peer-reviewed paper that caused a ripple in awareness before Christmas is worth investigating. Outlets ran headlines like this: "Trans children sense their gender identities at young ages, study suggests."…
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On That Climate-Change-Now-Detectable-From-Any-Single-Day-Of-Weather Paper
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On That Climate-Change-Now-Detectable-From-Any-Single-Day-Of-Weather Paper

The peer-reviewed paper is "Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale" by Sippel and Knutti an others in Nature: Climate Change. Look at that…
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Science Retracts Paper That Claimed Black Babies Born Smaller Because Of Police Violence
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Science Retracts Paper That Claimed Black Babies Born Smaller Because Of Police Violence

See this peer-reviewed, but then-retracted, paper "Police violence and the health of black infants" by some person calling his- or herself Joscha Legewie? After it was peer reviewed by knowledgeable…
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Ladies’ STEM Research: How Physics WILL Be Redefined
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Ladies’ STEM Research: How Physics WILL Be Redefined

Back in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, universities were desirous of increasing the number of non-males on their faculties. They didn't have to do this, but the leadership…
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The Last Two Research Studies Ever
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The Last Two Research Studies Ever

Bad news is that there won't be any news studies for us to pick on. With the two papers presented below, all scientific research has officially come to a close.…
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Harvard Claims CO2 Makes You Stupid
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Harvard Claims CO2 Makes You Stupid

You must be pretty dumb. Not the royal "you". You as in you, dear reader. This isn't me saying it. This is Harvard. Our best university, and therefore our best…
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