Reader Kip Hansen asks, “Can you please run a brief explanation of what the Mexican Hat fallacy is statistically?” I can. The Mexican Hat Fallacy, or Falacia Sombrero, is when a man […]
Atheism And Its Problem Of Evil
Evil is a problem for atheists because, for them, it does not exist absolutely. But if you are atheist and think it does exist absolutely, let me ask you, What is evil? […]
Scientists Discover Men Enjoy Looking At Women’s Breasts.
Regular readers will recall there are two main kinds of bad statistics. First is when the technique has been done wrong or is misapplied. Errors of this kind comprise only half of […]
Nine Counter-Arguments To Frequentism
It is well to collect cogent proofs of frequentism’s failings so that supporters of that theory can look upon them and find joy. Alan Hájek has done yeoman service in this regard […]
A Common Fallacy In Global Warming Arguments
Our post today is provided by Terry Oldberg, M.S.E., M.S.E.E., P.E. Engineer-Scientist, Citizen of the U.S. That’s a lot of letters, Terry! Oldberg joined our Spot the Fallacy Contest, which had been […]
About That Lefties-Drink-More-Than-Conservatives Study
“Honey? Did you meet our new neighbors?” “Not yet. Why?” “I’m a little worried about them. They have an ‘I heart NPR’ sticker on their Prius.” “Oh, God. Pass me the bottle.” […]
Obamacare Predictions: How’d We Do So Far?
One of life’s real pleasures, though it lessens us to admit it, is when we get to say I told you so. Nobody in the world, except those who believe in magic, […]
What Is And What We Know Of It, Probabilistically Speaking
Ontology is the study of what is and what is not. Epistemology is the study of our knowledge of what is and what is not. Though there are obvious points of overlap […]
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