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Classical Statistics Has Outlived Its Usefulness: Here’s The Fix

A PDF of this article may be downloaded here. This article is a precis of Uncertainty. Opening Act Patient walks into the doctor and says, "Doc, I saw that new…

Statistics

Yes, There Is A Hot Hand In Basketball

On the Second of March in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two, well before the sport became another venue for pencil-necked political correctness, a basketball player…

Culture

Troy 2.0 — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

The question has fairly arisen: do I still stand by my prediction(s) made in my book, The Barbarian Bible. The answer, of course, is 'Yes'. Double yes, to be exact.…

Statistics

The Sorrow And The Pity Of P-values

Thanks to the Wrath of Gnon, we have this report: Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire, from Phys.org. Earlier this fall Dr. Scott Solomon presented the results of…

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…

Fun

Restoration

It is a slow Friday, and many of us, as we should be, are off the internets and at the lakeside or park. Yesterday we had thoughts of the country,…

Philosophy

Sphere Eversion, Free Will & Infinite Powers

Can a sphere be turned inside out, such that the outside becomes the inside, and vice versa, without creasing or tearing or poking a hole in the sphere? Obviously not.…

Statistics

Coronavirus Update V — Madness Has Arrived

All the good stuff, caveats, code, and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, and Bayes Theorem & Coronavirus, so go…

JerryR on Class 3: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Belief & FaithApril 23, 2024
"Or is it turtles all the way down" This is an expression commonly used and in actuality is the basis…
JerryR on Class 3: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Belief & FaithApril 23, 2024
“ And what caused the existence of this entity that exists outside of time and space” Nothing. It does not…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 23, 2024
Not a bad soap box speech, Johnno, not bad at all. Couple points though we might discuss next time we're…
Briggs on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
They are everywhere, Yawrate.
Johnno on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
U.S.A.!!! U.S.A.!!! U.S.A... I mean... U.Ka.Raine!!! U.Ka.Raine!!! U.Ka.Raine!!! The war is not meant to be won, it's meant to be…