FiveThirtyEight ran the piece “Here’s What Happens When You Ban Affirmative Action In College Admissions” that ran some dicey stats. Affirmative Action is, as all know, the practice of rewarding somebody for […]
WMBriggs.com Podcast, 30 Mar 16 — No Deal In Georgia, New Criterion Climate Conference
Download MP3. Subscribe to the podcast feed (paste this into iTunes or elsewhere): https://www.wmbriggs.com/feed/?category=podcasts Use Player.fm to find the podcasts. Live! 10 AM Eastern every Wednesday. Listen to the archived show above. […]
Odds That a Panel Would ‘Randomly’ Be All Men?
There are no such thing as the “odds” a panel would be “randomly” all men. Yet The Atlantic thinks there could be, and so does a fellow named Greg Martin, a mathematician […]
For The Love Of Models: A Global Warming Allegory
A very odd thing happened in Science. Turns out a famous weatherman has been forecasting highs in the 60s then 70s for New York City all winter long. But the temperature never […]
What Happens If You Take Away Women’s Birth Control?
The titular question is in earnest, dear reader, just as it was for Amanda J. Stevenson and four others. Yes, those fine academics were just as perplexed as you probably are, but […]
Stream: Bishops Demand World-Wide Decarbonization.
Today’s post is at The Stream: “Bishops Demand World-Wide Decarbonization“. Generally, the less physics a man knows the more he cares about global-warming-of-doom. The reason is simple. In-depth knowledge of the sun-earth […]
Stop Teaching Frequentism; More On That “Altruism” Study; Etc.
Freq Out Reader ECM points us to “The Great Statistical Schism“, by a fellow named Brendon Brewer who “is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics in Auckland.” Brewer says, as […]
Goon Squad Fails To Distract Public From Fact That Climate Models Stink: Update 3
If you’re new to the site, don’t forget to check out the Classic Posts page. Our continuing walk through Summa Contra Gentiles is postponed until next week. Feel free to pass this […]
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