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A New Possible Solution Of Fermi’s Paradox

What is the probability the following proposition is true? ``There are rational beings other than humans in the universe." Well, given the evidence of angels, who are rational non-human beings,…

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What Statistics Really Is: Paradox Digression

Read Part I We're taking a small digression to answer a question put by Deborah Mayo in Part I, pointing to this article on her site. Mayo should be on…

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Discrimination Found By Statistics!

Was it Justice Ginsberg who popularized the fallacy that statistics could prove discrimination? Somebody check me on that. Busy day here. The fallacy is that statistical models which have "statistically…

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The Deadly Sin Of Reification! Day Three

Zeno Phobia Counting day. How many ways can you skin a cat if the number of sharp versus dull knives is this and such. Simple stuff, easy to get the…

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Failed Counterexamples To The Principle Of Indifference

What is the so-called Principle Of Indifference? A semi-screwy, semi-right idea in probability. To cadge an example from David Stove, let T be any tautology (a truth), then Pr(Bob…

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What Statistics Really Is: Part Last

Read Part I, Part Paradox, Part II Recapitulation: we have Pr(p|qm) where p is a proposition of interest, q the evidence we have compiled in the form of observations and…

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What Statistics Really Is: Part II

Read Part I, Part Paradox I claimed, and it is true, that all statistical problems could be written $latex \Pr(p|q)$, where p is a proposition of interest and q is…

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Jumping The Infinity Shark: An Answer To Senn; Part Last

Read Part V From his page 55 (as before slightly edited for HTML/LaTex): Consider the case of a binary event where the two outcomes are success, S, or failure F…

Jim Fedako on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
"Critics 'are not merely authoritarian, they demonstrate pervasive normative rigidity that comes from Christian fear of judgement,'" says Boghossian while…
Heresolong on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 19, 2024
"Israel was created as a result of the Balfour declaration with Britain. " Might want to read up on the…
Incitadus on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
What a set of pricelessly insane headlines one hardly knows where to begin but remember the sole intention is to…
RussO on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
Maher has evidently never heard of the word "viewpoint". One can infer that, if they decided to blatantly cheat her…
C-Marie on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
I Love to think. Wish all children were taught to think. My Dad started me on St. Thomas Aquinas at…