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Academics Blame Lower Trust In Scientists On Everything But Bad Scientists

The second sentence of the abstract of a new paper about trust in scientists, which is generally high but in some places low, provides the very reason for distrust: "Public…

Statistics

The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting

I have been critical of the theory of Official Mis- and Official Disinformation, given that they necessarily imply the existence of Official Truths (see blog/Substack). As I have long said,…

Culture

More On How Peer Review Generates And Maintains Consensuses

We spoke the other day of the enervating effects of peer review. Today we examine a peer-reviewed paper whose very purpose is to show that peer review exists and is…

Statistics

The Burden Of Proof On Climate Scientists—And Those Wishing For Its “Solutions”

UNCERTAINTY REQUIREMENTS If you say a calamity will befall me, and ask me to pay to protect against it, the burden is on you to (a) prove the calamity is…

Culture

Resist Corona Tyranny!

World War II buffs will recall the story where General Patton, about the launch a counter-offensive in the Battle of the Bulge, was called into Eisenhower's office. With Ike was…

Statistics

Coronavirus Update X: Juicing The Numbers, Prolonging The Pain

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…

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Naomi Oreskes Plays Dumb On Statistics And Climate Change

This post is one that has been restored after the hacking. All original comments were lost. Remember how I said, again and again---and again---that everybody gets statistics wrong? Here's proof…

Statistics

What I Have Learned From Global Warming: Contest Winner Essays 2. Plus Secret Bonus!

Another essay from the winners of the Rename Global Warming Contest is here! Plus, a special bonus, a treat for all readers! See below! Don't miss it! John Buckner, "Climactic…

Scott Locklin on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
Real numbers (and the two valued complex numbers) are pretty good tools for developing models, but once you start trying…
tom on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
Certain quantum algorithms have been implemented. How is that possible if QC is bullshit?
The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing – William M. Briggs on Why The Many Worlds (Multiverse) Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics Is Wrong: A New ObjectionNovember 21, 2024
[…] Since we’ll soon be discussing cause in the Class, and nowhere is cause as difficult as it is in…
John Pate on What Science Can Say About Vaccines: And What It Can’t SayNovember 21, 2024
Science is incapable of delivering on the things you claim science can do. This is demonstrated by empirical observation. It…
THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION | BIG PULPIT on What Science Can Say About Vaccines: And What It Can’t SayNovember 21, 2024
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