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Comment On “Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse”

Today, since I'm very busy, a small-ish review---mere comments, really---of "Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse" by Andreas Albrecht and Daniel Phillips. I got this paper via…

Statistics

The End Of Class

Picture above was taken by one of my students near the end of the day, yesterday. Notice the "#1 New Release in Probability & Statistics." This adds to the laurels…

Philosophy Statistics

Falsifiability Is Not That Useful

False is not True We spoke earlier of falsification and why I didn't think it was an especially useful criterion. My tweets about it inspired Deborah Mayo, who advocates for…

Fun Statistics

Statistician to the Stars For Hire!

Herein our semi-annual reminder that the purpose of this blog is mercenary. Filthy lucre is both impetus and goal of its daily readings. Moola, the spondulicks, the government's glory, the…

Philosophy Statistics

Is Most Published Research Wrong? Yep. Here’s Why

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QuXLucH3Q One of my students---my heart soars like a hawk!---sent me the video linked above. I'll assume you've watched it, as my comments make reference to it. About the dismal…

Statistics

Just What Is Signal And What Is Noise?

There are two senses of Signal and Noise (SN). The first is obvious: a signal, some known phenomenon, is corrupted by outside forces, where these caused corruptions are the noise.…

Culture Statistics

How’d We Do On Our 2016 Predictions?

This was an interesting year because we had a general dichotmous proposition of interest to many; or rather, two. Who would win the (Republican) primary and who would win the…

Statistics

Do People Really Believe In Chance & The Deadly Sin of Reification?

From our very own JMJ, who asked this in response to an announcement of my new book (read this first): Briggs, how many people how you encountered who need these…

Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
Hey Mr. Rightful Freedom. Please quote for us the passages DIRECTLY AFTER, starting from Matthew 25:26, which you DELIBERATELY ended…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 17, 2024
Received Breaking the Law of Averages, read the preface, started first chapter -- this is great, looks like the thing…
C-Marie on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
Very interesting!! Thank you! God bless, C-Marie
Chaeremon on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
peace is a moving target, always, forever, eternally; how can there be equality?
Pk on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
The Slippery Slope Fallacy is the assumption that you are starting from and good, stable landing when, instead, we are…