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Uncertainty’s A Hit!
It hasn't been a year, but Springer issued its annual report, and, in my eyes anyway, Uncertainty is a hit! From 30 June 2016 through the first two weeks of…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Souls Begin At Conception Part II
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Review is…
Posted inBook review Philosophy Statistics
Why I’m Unconvinced By Penrose’s Entropy/Anthropic Argument
There are a number of "constants" used in physics, such as the speed of light, the Planck constant, elementary charge and so forth. Some of these constants are bare, meaning…
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Trend Models & The Inability To Discover Cause
The plot atop this post is one of an observable, the cause of which is known to be related to a variety of physical, chemical, biological, geographical, and even sociological…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Every Result Of Unsupervised Learning Is Correct; Or, All Learning Is Supervised
The real point I wish to make is that there is no such thing as unsupervised learning; or, stated another way, Truth exists; or, stated another way, every solution to…
Posted inCulture
Stairway To Heaven, Or To Atheism? — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
What does 'a bustle in the hedgerow' mean? I'm referring to a previous post, wherein I said Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Paige was a liar. Why? Because there isn't 'still time…
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Tests For Randomness Aren’t What You Think
Here is a random event. When I wrote this article I either had a quarter or a nickel in my pocket; I did not have both. Did I have a…
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Why Decision Analysis Isn’t Straightforward
Vast subject, decision analysis, but we can get a grip on a corner of it if we consider the simplest of problems, the do-don't do, yes-no, gonna happen-ain't gonna happen,…