Posted inPhilosophy
The So’s-Your-Old-Man Fallacy
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Posted inPhilosophy
The Wrong-Side-Of-History Fallacy
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Posted inCulture
Insanity & Doom Update III
Item Canada Introduces 'X' as a Third Sex Category for Passport Holders Starting on Aug. 31, Canadians will have a new way to identify their sex on passports and other…
Posted inPhilosophy
The Genetic Fallacy: He Works For An Oil Company!
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Posted inStatistics
The Gambler’s Fallacy Proves Classical Statistics (Frequentist & Bayes) Fails
Everybody who's anybody---which makes, as we'll see, a lot of nobodies---knows the gambler's fallacy. Gambler watches the roulette wheel come up red six times running and says to himself, "Black…
Posted inCulture
Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?
Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People? Couple of academics just asked the question, "Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?" "The answer", one report says, "is that religion…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Vox Populi vs. Experts
On 7 March 1907, Francis Galton wrote a brief, but interesting article for Nature entitled Vox Populi, which opens, "In these democratic days, any investigation into the trustworthiness and peculiarities…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
The I-Have-Big-Muscles Fallacy
Harvard graduate walks down the street where a 50-lb sack of cement blocks his way. He reaches down to shift it but discovers that despite all his might the bulk…
