William M. Briggs

The Great Roberts Ruse—Or Ruin?

The best take on that fateful Thursday came from Ed Morrissey, who quipped: https://twitter.com/EdMorrissey/status/218347286915325954 Now here is the truth: either Roberts is canny or he is a coward. Either he…

Statistics

Why Do Statisticians Answer Silly Questions That No One Ever Asks?

Julian Champkin, editor of Significance magazine somehow came across the percipient insights of yours truly and asked me to write l'article controversé. Which I did. And with gusto. Champkin, a…

Philosophy Statistics

Teaching Journal: Day 11—Rewrite, Red Wine, Hat Clips

We started by learning that probability is hard and not always quantifiable. For instance, I imagine many of you would have judged it more likely than not that the Supreme…

Philosophy Statistics

Teaching Journal: Day 9—Hypothesis Testing: Part II

A review. We have sales data from two campaigns, A and B, data in which we choose (as a premise) to quantify our uncertainty with normal distributions. We assume the…

Statistics

Teaching Journal: Day 8—Hypothesis Testing: Part I

Hypothesis testing nicely encapsulates all that is wrong with frequentist statistics. It is a procedure which hides the most controversial assumption/premise. It operates under a "null" belief which nobody believes.…

Philosophy Statistics

Teaching Journal: Day 7

The joke is old and hoary and so well known that I risk the reader's ire for repeating it. But it contains a damning truth. Most academic statistical studies are…

Philosophy Statistics

Teaching Journal: Day 6

(I'm assuming you have been reading previous posts. If not, do so.) We still want this: (1) Pr (Distance > 1 meter | normal with m and s specified)…

Fun

Another Try With A New Look

Unless there is a general revolt, this is it. Tweaks can of course be made---fonts darkened or lightened, background colors shaded, some widgets shifted. But this is it. One of…

Brian (bulaoren) on Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your MoneyApril 29, 2025
From the late 1970s and through the '80s, I spent a lot of time in New York City and frequented…
Tars Tarkas on Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your MoneyApril 29, 2025
I'd be willing to bet good money that it would have the opposite effect. That health outcomes would improve and…
Leonard on Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your MoneyApril 29, 2025
By their own math it sounds like the additional deaths are offset by the additional births. So no net change…
Nationaal Burgerverraad Klimaat – Stichting Climate Intelligence Clintel – Het Nieuws Maar Dan Anders, on Disproving Kossin’s Increasing Hurricane Intensity Claims: Update — Guest Post by Greg KentApril 29, 2025
[…] achterhalen dat er aanzienlijke fouten in de tabellen zaten. Uiteindelijk zou Greg Kent eind 2020 een zeer lang artikel…
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[…] achterhalen dat er aanzienlijke fouten in de tabellen zaten. Uiteindelijk zou Greg Kent eind 2020 een zeer lang artikel…

William M. Briggs

Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your Money

The Sun Made To Set On The British Empire – Via Science!

Class 47: Billions Of Models!

A New Physics Arises: Irreducible by Federico Faggin Reviewed

Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help Requested

Class 46: Explanation & Abductive Weakness

The Educational Empire Strikes Back

Can Jinn & The Evil Eye Cause Disease?

Science: The Bigger The Hole In The Head, The More Politically Active

Class 45: The False Hope Of Falsification

New Paper Says Flu Vax Increases Chance Of Flu: Let’s Look

A Simple Argument Proving You Must Not Trust Standard Scientific Evidence

Power Restored, Posts To Resume

No posts, class. No power, no internet

MIT Scientists Trying To Invent Zombies

Class 44: What Causes Cancer Of The Albondigas?

How To Claim Your Specialty Suffers From “Climate Change”

Why Does Science Say Everything Will Kill You?

The Enormous Rotten Egg Of Government-Funded Science Has Turned Men Weak

Class 43: The Causal Path

The Limitations Of AI: General Or Real Intelligence Is Not Possible

Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your Money

The Sun Made To Set On The British Empire – Via Science!

The Great Roberts Ruse—Or Ruin?

Why Do Statisticians Answer Silly Questions That No One Ever Asks?

Teaching Journal: Day 11—Rewrite, Red Wine, Hat Clips

Teaching Journal: Day 9—Hypothesis Testing: Part II

Teaching Journal: Day 8—Hypothesis Testing: Part I

Teaching Journal: Day 7

Teaching Journal: Day 6

Another Try With A New Look

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

Telekinesis: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

The Physics Of Blessings: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification