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The general theory, methods, and philosophy of the Science of Guessing What Is.

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Subjective Versus Objective Bayes (Versus Frequentism): Part IV

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Briggs
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Read Part III Just review and clarification this time, folks. Dirty hard work. But necessary given the confusion from last post. Time to pump some neurons! Next time we—finally!—get to parameters, models, and all that. (All the stuff in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Statistics | 11 Replies

Prime Minister Kenny’s Abortion Bill Would Save One Life A Year, Take Others

Posted on 19 May 2013 by Briggs
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Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda—that’s Enda, not Edna, the creature—Kenny is being snubbed by Cardinal Sean O’Malley. Reason? Kenny is being “honored” by Barely Catholic—a.k.a. BC, a.k.a. Boston College—because Kenny is trying to muscle Ireland into legalizing abortions for women who … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Statistics | 5 Replies

Damn Straight News: Manly Men More Likely To Be Conservative

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Briggs
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As will come as absolutely no surprise to regular readers, but will be a traumatic revelation to the public at large, it has finally been acknowledged in the peer-reviewed literature that the more a man resembles John Wayne, that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Statistics | 20 Replies

Coal-Fired Power Plants Fuel Suicide—Or Maybe Sanguinity

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Briggs
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Smokestack Seppuku Whatever you do, don’t look at that smokestack! Do, and next thing you know you’ll be drawing a knife across your throat. Suicide! Or so says the press and John G. Spangler, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of family … Continue reading →

Posted in Statistics, Wx & Climate | 11 Replies

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