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Third Way Of Probability & Statistics Gets Comments

I just discovered a written comment, actually two, on my sketch-paper "The Third Way Of Probability & Statistics: Beyond Testing and Estimation To Importance, Relevance, and Skill". Now when I…

Statistics

Statistical Models CANNOT Show Cause, But EVERYBODY Thinks They Can. Hence the Replication CRISIS

Please pass this on to ANY researcher who uses statistics. Pretty please. With sugar on top. Like I say below, it's far far far far far past time to cease…

Philosophy Statistics

On The Demon Possessed Doll & Little Girl

You might have seen the video of the little girl playing near a doll, a doll which twitches its head without visible promoting. The video switches views and sees the…

Culture

Debate Analysis & Election Predictions

These are tweets from last night's debate---which I'm putting up the night of the debate. The timing's important because here is my prediction, the last tweet of the night. https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/788933539664232448…

Book review Philosophy Statistics

Why I’m Unconvinced By Penrose’s Entropy/Anthropic Argument

There are a number of "constants" used in physics, such as the speed of light, the Planck constant, elementary charge and so forth. Some of these constants are bare, meaning…

Statistics

Big Data, Big Predictions — Big Deal!

The title, you'll be shocked to learn, is sarcastic. You'll forgive the tone after reading NBC's article "Big Data's Big Misses: 2016 Was a Bad Year For Predictions", which opens…

Fun

E-Holiday!

This is it! I am taking an e-holiday. Except for work-related mop-up operations, no Internet, no Twitter, no email, no TV, no cell phone, no blog, no nothing. I have…

Philosophy Statistics

Infinity, (Physical) Parameters, Fine Tuning, & Probability

Via Ed Feser I was led back to Alvin Plantinga's Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism, which has a lot about probability. I'll not do much of…

Johnno on Quelling Violence In Terror States! The Return Of DickmanSeptember 2, 2024
I wonder if JH supports this? https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/argentinas-former-president-accused-of-forcing-his-wife-to-have-an-abortion/ Well? Do you? JH? Please evaluate your thoughts about Alberto's actions against his…
Riggs on Killing A Paradox: The Two EnvelopesSeptember 1, 2024
Nate, I agree that the situations are subtly different. However, I don't see how calling the amount in your envelope…
C-Marie on Communism Doesn’t Go Away Until Egalitarianism Dies: The Works of David Stove 3August 31, 2024
Sooo happy for you and your family!! God bless, C-Marie
NLR on Killing A Paradox: The Two EnvelopesAugust 31, 2024
Another thing is that there are two kinds of uncertainty in this problem. There's the uncertainty of how much money…
hudbwu on Quelling Violence In Terror States! The Return Of DickmanAugust 31, 2024
@JH: Marriage = sex, more or less. A case can be made H. sapiens evolved into exclusive lifelong monogamy, that…