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More On Why Falsifiability Is Not Interesting

Take a look-see at this science pic: This is the output from some model, the nature of which is not especially interesting, and the accompanying observations. In other words, predictions…

Fun

How I Became A Renegade Scientist

This old picture of myself and a fellow outlaw is given as proof of my deep anti-social propensities. A friend of mine, long ago, would sit and listen to George…

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UNCERTAINTY & PROBABILITY THEORY: THE LOGIC OF SCIENCE Links to YouTube, Rumble, Bitchute, and Twitter inside each class. Class 1: Logic teaser (blog, Substack). Class 2: Quid Est Veritas? (blog,…

Philosophy

Science Is Now Politics, Says Nature: Here’s Why They’re Right

Nature magazine definitely announced, daring to be doubted, "Science and politics are inseparable". They followed this up with, "We cannot stand by and let science be undermined", and so endorsed…

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Falsifiability Is Falsifiable

We've talked many times before, and at greater length in Uncertanity, about the concept of falsifiability. It has come up again lately. The term shouldn't be but is equivocal. I…

Culture

Six Thousand Years Of History

If you ask a physicist "Why can't objects go faster than light? That there should be a limit doesn't seem right to me", he will abuse you. He'll start off…

Class Statistics

Free Probability-Statistics Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part X

Review! Last time we created four models of CGPA. Which is correct? They all are. Why? I should ask as a homework question, but I'll remind us here. Since all…

Book review Statistics

Uncertainty: The Soul of Models, Probability & Statistics. Chapter Abstracts

This post originally appeared right before the Uncertainty did. Now that we're 1.5 years out, it's time for a re-post. Buy it now, but it today, and buy it again…

JH on Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & ShootingsJuly 16, 2024
Mr. Briggs, you might be right. You might be right. After all, John Hinckley did it because of his love…
Anthony Probst on Academics Have Contest To See How Many Times They Can Say ‘Racist’ In An Article: An IQ StoryJuly 16, 2024
Mention of Jung and Schweitzer reminds me of a question Jung once posed: What is Albert Schweitzer doing in Africa…
Incitadus on Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & ShootingsJuly 15, 2024
Well done Briggs; the Democrat's midden heap of noxious effluence has caught up with them. They've crossed the line and…
Briggs on Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & ShootingsJuly 15, 2024
He did it for love, JH.
JH on Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & ShootingsJuly 15, 2024
We know that the young shooter used an AR-style weapon. Do we know his motive? Was this a suicidal attempt?…