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Science Is Not The Answer: Should We Coerce Covid Drugs Because Science?

I have been asked by several, several times, to start a Substack. I have no idea why clicking on a Substack article is different than clicking here. But this might…

Statistics

The Ultimate Test Of Lie Detectors

This new paper is from our friend Kent Clizbe, well known to regular readers, and is entitled "Research Protocol for Testing Deception Detection Methods,Techniques and Technology to Identify High-Stakes Liars"…

Culture

On Why That “In Defense of Merit in Science” Paper Will Fail In Its Worthy Goal

You might have heard of the peer-reviewed article "In Defense of Merit in Science" by "intellectual dark web" members like Peter Boghossian and old-school lefties like Jerry Coyne, John McWhorter…

Fun

Bleak Friday Deal

We are in a crisis. This crisis is itself comprised of many small crises. Safety First tyranny, whites discovering they are responsible for all evil, Santa kissing daddy, pretending two…

Class Statistics

Class 9: Nothing Has A Probability: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science:

Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute HOMEWORK: Find a contentious event, some P and the disputed evidence Q, and describe (in words; we haven't done numbers…

Fun

Time For A Science Joke

Forgive the short post today, but I have decided to experiment with the deadly sin of sloth. (The talk I was going to post today got postponed until next Monday…

Philosophy Statistics

How Not To Think Like A Bayesian Rationalist

Lisping Rationalists When I read people like Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander it becomes clear to me how the French could have built a Temple of Reason during The Terror.…

Class Statistics

Class 8: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: What Probability Is 1

Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute Link to all Classes. HOMEWORK THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UNCONDITIONAL PROBABILITY, I.E. THERE IS NO Pr(A), only Pr(A|B).…

Oral.sk - Necenzurované správy Pre?o bola rezignácia pápeža Benedikta platná: odpove? Dr. Mazzovi on The Is-Pope-Francis-The-Pope Debate Continues. Two Views from Edmund J Mazza and Steven O’ReillyNovember 22, 2024
[…] [5] Pozri “Debata o tom, ?i je pápež František pápežom, pokra?uje. Dva poh?ady Edmunda J. Mazzu a Stevena O’Reillyho,”…
Tars Tarkas on Bad Predictions Mean Bad Models, Even If You’re A Distinguished ExpertNovember 22, 2024
"Lichtman, poor fellow, did not resist. I have sympathy for him. He has been sought, and lauded, every four years,…
McChuck on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 22, 2024
@PhilH - What you are describing *is* quantum mechanics. More specifically, quantum field theory. Once you eliminate all the woo-hoo…
Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of Health – William M. Briggs on Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of HealthNovember 22, 2024
[…] post is originally from 9 November 2012, twelve years ago. It warned of the coming health dictatorship and the zeal…
Happy Lambs on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 22, 2024
This was great thanks for the book rec