This is part of our Mind of Academics series. I struggled both long, and, yes, hard, to come up with a clever joke to introduce today’s academic “research”, which claims there exist […]
What The Law Of Large Numbers Really Means
JJ Couey, who hosts a podcast well known to some of you, and friend of the Broken Science Initiative, asked me about the so-called Law of Large Numbers. Jay wonders about sample […]
You, Dear Reader, Are An Extremist
We live in the Golden Age of Comedy. Need proof? Somebody said this imagery (embiggened one here) was like Hitler and Stalin had a baby. This could happen, too, because current wisdom […]
Congress Mandated Experts Design Plan To Block The Sun — And Kill Us All
The White House itself, the very bastion of Experts, issued the report “CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED RESEARCH PLAN AND AN INITIAL RESEARCH GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK RELATED TO SOLAR RADIATION MODIFICATION” (pdf). Mandated. I trust you […]
First There Was Vaccine Passports, Now They Want Carbon Passports
Experts creating the coronadoom may or may not have designed it as a weapon. They did, however, design it to kill. Maybe it got out accidentally—stupidity is always a likely explanation—or maybe […]
How Not To Think Like A Bayesian Rationalist
Lisping Rationalists When I read people like Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander it becomes clear to me how the French could have built a Temple of Reason during The Terror. Constructed, you […]
Was Fisher Wrong? Whether Or Not Statistical Models Are Needed
The answer is yes. Or, if you prefer, no. It depends. Here’s a long query about the subject from friend-of-the-blog Kevin Gray. Over the years many have disagreed about many things with […]
Results Consistent With Vote Switching Seen In Eaton County, Michigan — Guest Post by Stan Young, Tom Davis & Eric Quinnell
Briggs Do not let Biden, who sold the office of Vice Presidency, frighten you. The fight continues. Arizona case just filed. Briefs and records will be uploaded at https://t.co/hWfqluMLgOAnd at https://t.co/173MnvRx0S@realDonaldTrump @GenFlynn […]
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