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Uncertainty Book Report
Springer sent me the book report Uncertainty for 2017. Since its online publication on July 01, 2016, there has been a total of 16,765 chapter downloads for your eBook on…
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Atheists Released From Global Warming Fight Duties. Jim Antal Says So.
We are sick unto death of the endless failed predictions of global warming doom. Not climate change doom. Global warming doom. They promised global warming. Never let them forget that.…
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Correlation of Non-Procreative Sex & Lack of Traditional Religion
Gallup has published two new polls. The first estimates the percent of those desiring non-procreative sex in each state. The second guesses the percent of non-affiliation with traditional religion (Christianity).…
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One Out Of Five Babies Are Killed In England & Wales
I received this request from Steve Blendell (slightly edited for spelling): Matt How are you friend? Take a look at Prof Cotter's letter – he's a physicist. Do the stats…
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A Beats B Beats C Beats A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=393&v=zzKGnuvX6IQ Thanks to Bruce Foutch who found the video above. Transitivity is familiar with ordinary numbers. If B > A and C > B and D > C, then D…
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The Gremlins Of MCMC: Or, Computer Simulations Are Not What You Think
I don't think we're clear on what simulation is NOT. RANDOMNESS IS NOT NECESSARY, for the simple reason randomness is merely a state of knowledge. Hence this classic post from…
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Quantum Potency & Probability
A note on a complex subject. Ed Feser points us to the paper "An Aristotelian Approach to Quantum Mechanics" by Gil Sanders, and in turn Sanders points us to "Taking…
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Thou Shalt Not Seek The Wee P
Because some readers may think the crusade against the wee p is mine alone, sinner that I am, or that I somehow represent an obscure shady suspect intellectually insufficient movement,…