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On The Intersection Of Scientist And Politicians—Guest Post by An Engineer

"An Engineer" is a gentleman who has practiced Civil, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering for more than 40 years. He has been granted patents for a number of practical inventions, and…

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Subjective Versus Objective Bayes (Versus Frequentism): Part Final: Parameters!

(All the stuff in this series is, in a fuller form, in my new upcoming book, which is tentatively called Logical Probability and Statistics---but I've only changed the title 342…

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Never Say “Caused By Chance”

One of the services of this blog is grammatical guidance. In that spirit, here are phrases which should be forbidden, and will be once I am in charge (all highlights…

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Subjective Versus Objective Bayes (Versus Frequentism): Part IV

Read Part III Just review and clarification this time, folks. Dirty hard work. But necessary given the confusion from last post. Time to pump some neurons! Next time we---finally!---get to…

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Subjective Versus Objective Bayes (Versus Frequentism): Part III

Following Part II, here are some examples to show the differences between objectivist, subjectivist, and frequentist probabilities derived from fixed premises and set conclusions. Example 1 Not all probability is…

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Subjective Versus Objective Bayes (Versus Frequentism): Part II

Read Part I. What is the probability that "The Detroit Tigers win today's game" (which has not yet been played)? The truth of the proposition (in quotes) is not known…

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See The Dancing Briggs

A reminder that the purpose of this site is mercenary and that I am sitting in the queue waiting to be flagged down and hired by you. It turns out,…

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A Survey Of The Perceptions Of Climate Scientists 2013: No Consensus

Earlier this year scientists were given a survey on their opinion of the state of climate science. This was administered by Dennis Bray & Hans von Storch at the Helmholtz…

Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 19, 2024
Have the reporters asked the White House if perhaps another booster might help the Biden? A certain someone said it…
Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 19, 2024
Technically, the Church had and used slaves. And even the Old Testament allowed for slavery under certain conditions. For example,…
cdquarles on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 19, 2024
Corona viruses have a known summer season in the tropics and subtropics. So, yawn, no surprise that we are seeing…
hudbwu on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 18, 2024
Of course, the abolition of slavery was something the (Catholic) Church worked basically since day 1. And I'm pretty sure…
Cary D Cotterman on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 18, 2024
I know people (coincidentally all Democrats) who are constantly "masking up", testing, and getting boosted, who claim they've had covid…