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Proof Probability & Statistics & AI Don’t Discover Cause

Everybody has read, or seen adaptations of, Bram Stocker's documentation of Dracula, the undead count, unlate of Transylvania. From these pages and films, we all know how to kill a…

Statistics

There Is No Such Thing As A Fair Coin

Not only is there no such thing as a "fair" coin, there are no "fair" dice, either. Or "fair" anything. Which I shall prove to you. From Khan Academy, a…

Statistics

Why Bayes Is Not The Fix We Need: A Critique of Bayesian Inference and its Application

I've pointed out many times some of the weaknesses of traditional statistical practices, and how the routine use of "hypothesis testing" leads to an ever-growing mountain of Broken Science. Some…

Philosophy Statistics

Why Attempts To Control Opinion Cause Opinion To Diverge

From Mars, John Carter reports in a wonderful essay discussing the Regime's attempts at manipulation says this: People don’t like being gaslit. The psychological techniques used by salesmen, con men,…

Philosophy

What Makes A Casino Gamble Different Than Making A Decision Under Uncertainty?

We continue with our week of pleasant Thanksgiving topics. A cop in the police procedural Hell Is A City (start around 54 minutes) discerned one of the bad guys he…

Statistics

Broken Science Epistemological Camp Report

There was another Broken Science event this past weekend in the Phoenix area. Yours Truly was there. I gather the videos will be on line at some point, at the…

Statistics

How To Gamble If You Must

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, BitChute, or Gab. Our title comes from a famous book by Lester Dubbins and Leonard Savage, which appeared at the beginning of the Bayesian…

Statistics

The Only Argument Against P-Values You Will Ever Need

Some two and a half years ago I posted this article: "An Infinity of Null Hypotheses — Another Anti-P-Value Argument". The title is unfortunate; or, rather, the subtitle is. It…

John Pate on Winning Is Losing: Yarvin vs Rufo. Added: Was NatCon A Victory?April 17, 2024
It's not a question if so-called civilization collapses it's a question of when. The plutocrats have their bunkers and hardened…
N. Ominous on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 17, 2024
Briggs, "I do not wish to talk you out of whatever side you have picked. I want to tell you…
Chaeremon on Winning Is Losing: Yarvin vs Rufo. Added: Was NatCon A Victory?April 17, 2024
When boredom (due to fruits of innovation) can no longer be outwitted by distraction (e.g. Tinseltown, brainwashing, monetarisation of indulgences,…
C-Marie on Winning Is Losing: Yarvin vs Rufo. Added: Was NatCon A Victory?April 17, 2024
"It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to…
Hoyos on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 17, 2024
No one can say Briggs doesn’t believe in free speech. This comment section is wild. Thing is, I am one…