There is a discussion of infinity and an argument to return to the discrete and finite in my upcoming book Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics. Infinity is a wonderful […]
A Probability Non-Paradox
Before you is a box in which is a slip of paper on which is written either ‘0’, ‘1’, ‘2’, or ‘3’. Given that premise, what is the probability of X = […]
Canada Slipping Fast Back Into Paganism: “Doctors” Ordered To Kill
The slogan in Canada will soon be Whatever you do, don’t go to the “doctor”. You might not make it out alive. Yeoman Wesley Smith reports “Canada Proposes Forcing Doctors and Nurses […]
First Annual Political Correctness Day: Date TBA
There is nothing more important than Tolerance, Diversity, and Multiculturalism! So we are told. Yet those who tout these traits lie. This is easy to prove. Go to any person who claims […]
Saying “He’s A No-Good, Pandering Populist” In A Democracy Is Funny
This video is an allegory for what Trump is doing to the GOP. First things first. All you guys who support Donald Trump and believe he is a “true, reliable, ideological conservative”, […]
This Week In Doom: The Demands And Ravages Of Equality
Progressive beasts We had fun with the foolish Vox explaining that animals “in the wild” suffer from being eaten, from disease, from neglect, from the lack of personal recognition, and so forth, […]
The Ethics Of Precrime
This is Part II of our discussion of predicting individual crime. See Part I. The moral question is this: should an authority take action against you if an algorithm spits out a […]
The Problem Of Grue Isn’t; Or, A Gruesome Non-Paradox About Induction
Skepticism about induction happens only among academic philosophers, and only in print. Tell an induction skeptic to take a long walk off a short dock or hint that his health insurance will […]
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