Statistician to the Stars!
This post originally ran 6 October 2012. PLAYERS: Father Quinn, in uniform. A Bartender, Murphy, in uniform. A reporter, Bradford, looking hip. Other patrons may be added as set dressing,…
Father: “In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Penitent: “Bless me father, I have sinned. It’s been about six months since my last confession.” Father: “Go on…”…
All Men Are Mortal SCENE: A windfarm in Absolute County, a dry patch of land out west. CAST OF CHARACTERS: BRANDON, a speechwriter for Earth Is It! RUSS, Sheriff of…
I’m on the road for the next several days and won’t always have access to the Internet. So I’m reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Matt Ridley has a curious piece in The Times (no, the better one), “Why Muslims are turning away from Islam“. (Incidentally, Ridley and I both have chapters in the new…
Classic Articles There is over ten years worth of material on the blog on wide-ranging subjects. First stop is the category drop-down menu, to the right on large screens and…
SCENE: The monthly meeting of the Madison Atheists Evangelization Society at the I-12 Marriot Courtyard’s Badger Room, a rambunctious group sitting at a table, long side to the audience, like…
All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…
