Leighton Smith of New Zealand kindly had me on his podcast Wednesday. We discussed, among other matters, my book Everything You Believe Is Wrong. You know, the one my enemies inserted all […]
More On Why Falsifiability Is Not Interesting
Take a look-see at this science pic: This is the output from some model, the nature of which is not especially interesting, and the accompanying observations. In other words, predictions and the […]
ChatGPT Only Says What It Was Told To Say
We covered this before, but there are indications our All Models chant is not effective, or is not believed. Here is another attempt at showing it is true. So, all together now, […]
All Those Warnings About Models Are True: Researchers Given Same Data Come To Huge Number Of Conflicting Findings
Seventy-some researcher groups were given identical data, and asked to investigate an identical question. The groups did not communicate. Details are in the paper “Observing Many Researchers Using the Same Data and […]
Broken Science Talks Now Online
Our first ever Broken Science event was in February, and the talks are now online. Watch them all here. These are all up late because the sound was busted, and, as you’ll […]
Was Fisher Wrong? Whether Or Not Statistical Models Are Needed
The answer is yes. Or, if you prefer, no. It depends. Here’s a long query about the subject from friend-of-the-blog Kevin Gray. Over the years many have disagreed about many things with […]
There Are No Such Things As 100-Year Floods: Global Warming Isn’t Making Floods Worse
Reader Chuck Lampert writes: Hi Briggs! I got into a kerfluffle with some Climate Apocalypse true believers who said the frequency of 1/50, 1/100, 1/500, and 1/1000 yr floods is increasing because […]
Curious Notions Of Cause In Science & Statistics
You will forgive me if this post is more technical than usual. I try to leave out math, knowing how confusing it can be. But here it is necessary. The Review I […]
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