Classic Articles There is over twenty years worth of material on the blog on wide-ranging subjects. First stop is the category drop-down menu, to the right on large screens and at the […]
The Purposeful Lowering Of Physical Standards: More Consequences Of Egalitarianism
Remember how we were told that when women joined the military there was no danger of lowering standards to accommodate them? Letting them join was a question of “fairness”, which we saw […]
On That New “Gay Gene” Study
First and most important point: there is no way we’re going to cover in 750 words the whole of this field. Much will be left out. This small article is not going […]
A New Possible Solution Of Fermi’s Paradox
What is the probability the following proposition is true? “There are rational beings other than humans in the universe.” Well, given the evidence of angels, who are rational non-human beings, the probability […]
What Might Pope Francis’s Upcoming Encyclical Look Like?
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. So said St […]
What Statistics Really Is: Paradox Digression
Read Part I We’re taking a small digression to answer a question put by Deborah Mayo in Part I, pointing to this article on her site. Mayo should be on everybody’s list […]
Discrimination Found By Statistics!
Was it Justice Ginsberg who popularized the fallacy that statistics could prove discrimination? Somebody check me on that. Busy day here. The fallacy is that statistical models which have “statistically significant” findings […]
The Deadly Sin Of Reification! Day Three
Zeno Phobia Counting day. How many ways can you skin a cat if the number of sharp versus dull knives is this and such. Simple stuff, easy to get the hang off. […]
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