Read Part I, Part II. Don’t be lazy. This is difficult but extremely important stuff. Let’s add in a layer of uncertainty and see what happens. But first hike up your shorts […]
Six Types Of Atheists?
A group of academics—and in a happy shock, they used their own money to show this—discovered that there were six types of atheists. Which type are you? Christopher Silver, of the U […]
What Regression Really Is
Bookmark this one, will you, folks? If there’s one thing we get more questions about and that is more abused than regression, I don’t know. So here is the world’s briefest—and most […]
Probability Isn’t “Fair”: An Answer To Senn; Part III
A quick reminder that we’re trying to unpack the meaning of the “is fair” in the proposition “This die is fair,” and trying to deduce the probability this proposition is true given […]
Review and Comments on Anna Karenina—Guest Post by the Blonde Bombshell
The movie itself is quite enjoyable. The opening is a little jarring, as the movie mixes “stage” settings with “movie” settings. The characters will march across the stage or climb steps and […]
Statistics Of Drinking, Emailing, Pupil Size
Today, three studies from loyal readers. Drinking Creatively First up, the New York Post’s Kyle Smith with an anecdote: Father O’Brien was driving home after lunch when a policeman pulled him over. […]
A Depressing [Real Sad] Churchill Quotation—Contest
As I this morning scanned Facebook, I ran across the image below. Read it through and pause for a moment before continuing. Notice anything strange? I was so intrigued by the editor’s […]
We Are All Eugenicists Now: New Test Identifies 3,500 Genetic “Faults” In Fetuses — Update
See the crucial update below. I was assured, several times, that my second son was to be my first daughter. The doctors who told me this had performed certain tests, you see, […]
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