From reader Goncalo Dias comes this excellent question: I have just sat through your seminar on (super-)models. [LINK] I have a quick question: if you assume some fluid mechanical properties and some […]
Over-Certainties Of Science, Scientists, Experts, Quacks & Their Models
Here is the video I made for that Truth Over Fear Summit that they tried to cancel. Gaze in wonder! Be astonished! Engage your awe engine! All graphics done with forefinger and […]
Why Bayes Is Not The Fix We Need: A Critique of Bayesian Inference and its Application
I’ve pointed out many times some of the weaknesses of traditional statistical practices, and how the routine use of “hypothesis testing” leads to an ever-growing mountain of Broken Science. Some say the […]
AI Needs To Feed On Fresh Meat, Or It Dies
In Asimov’s original Foundation, a novel set amidst a fading and decaying Empire, one saturated in hubris and self-esteem, we meet Lord Dorwin, a celebrated scholar from the Galactic Empire, and his […]
Talk About Pseudo-Religious Faith In Models Delayed — Blog Update
WARNING! The summit mentioned next has been shifted to one week from Friday (yesterday). Gist: the host tried to cancel it after it started on Friday. TRUTH OVER FEAR SUMMIT More about […]
Great News! The Climate Is Much Better Than Predicted. Now We Can Calm Down!
I am, and you will be, too, absolutely delighted by a new paper by Roy Spencer: “Global Warming: Observations vs. Climate Models“. This is a paper that will be celebrated with great […]
Mask – Model – Medication – Mass Hysteria — Coronavirus Update LIII
MASS HYSTERIA There is already a paper on people going nuts: COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria by Bagus et al. Abstract (with added paragraphifications by me): In this article, […]
Excess Deaths “Attributed To Heat And Cold”
The National Association of Scholars is hosting a webinar today, 3 PM EST: Is Science Broken? featuring Yours Truly. Free, but you have to register. Recall there is no such thing as […]
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