Posted inClass Statistics
Parameters Aren’t What You Think
I was asked to comment on a post by Dan Simpson exploring the Bernstein-von Mises theorem. This post fits in with the Data Science class, a happy coincidence, and has…
Posted inPhilosophy
Is A Material Bearer of Consciousness Intelligible? — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
Somebody Has To Pay The Consciousness Bill The first problem that I dealt with concerning emergentism was the problem of how unconscious matter becomes conscious. I have previously argued against…
Posted inBook review
Strobel’s The Case for Miracles Reviewed
We earlier did Strobel's press conference. I won't repeat details of that here, which is concerned solely with the book. Strobel sticks with the formula that brought him to the…
Posted inCulture
Why I Do Not Like The Korea Deal –Guest Post by Ianto Watt
I can smell this one a mile away. Which isn't hard, considering how bad it stinks. To High Heaven, in fact. It's the remake of Nixon's 'Great Opening' to China.…
Posted inClass Statistics
Example Of How To Eliminate P-values & Their Replacement
Many, many more details are available in Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics and at this page. Last time we learned that the way to do probability models…
Posted inCulture
Insanity & Doom Update XXVIII
Item City Council wants new schools chancellor to 'take bold action' City lawmakers are demanding that incoming schools chief Richard Carranza bring his focus on ethnic and LGBTQ studies with…
Posted inStatistics
Eliminate The P-Value (and Bayes Factor) Altogether & Replace It With This
Good news and bad news. Good news it that there is a growing number of people who are aware that p-values are sinking science and they want to do something,…
Posted inStatistics
Similarities Between ESP, Cold Fusion & Global Warming
Stream: Similarities Between ESP, Cold Fusion & Global Warming At the climate website No Tricks Zone, there is a picture of various estimates of CO2 climate sensitivity estimates. These are…
