In which we start simple, stay simple, come to Plateau Easy, and the readers begins to wonder why he bothers, which he discovers at the end to his puzzlement. Get In Line […]
What Is A Model? We need to know to test between good and bad science
Listen to the podcast at YouTube, BitChute, and Gab. Before we describe what models are in science, it’s best to know, and to never forget, that all models only say what they […]
What Are P-Values?
Contributor William Raynor sets us a task: Hi Matt, …I’d still like to see if you can write a column about what an empirical p-value really is without mentioning the word probability. […]
The Limitations And Usefulness Of IQ
That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody started from […]
Stream: Global Warming Alarmists Plead: Save the Children By Not Having Them
Today’s post is at The Stream: Global Warming Alarmists Plead: Save the Children By Not Having Them. Global warming will, of course, doom us all. That is, if the models created by […]
Falsifiability Is Not That Useful
False is not True We spoke earlier of falsification and why I didn’t think it was an especially useful criterion. My tweets about it inspired Deborah Mayo, who advocates for the new […]
Gettier Problems & Epistemic Luck Are Distractions And No Problem
Regular readers will recall I do not think so-called Gettier problems have any force in epistemology. The “problems” only crop up because people make two mistakes: forgetting the difference between ontology and […]
Crisis: Vatican Burns with Global Warming Enthusiasm (And Temperature Fiddling)
Today’s post is at Crisis. The title the editor John Vella wrote is AUs—parsecs, even—above mine. His: “Vatican Burns with Global Warming Enthusiasm“. Mine? “The Church Burns To Jump Into Global Warming”. […]
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