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Look! Up In The Sky! It’s BIRD FLU!
One of my favorite comedic lunatic gibbering fear drippers during the covid panic, and maybe one of yours, too, was Eric Fing-Ding. He used any excuse to say THIS MAY…
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Class 1: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Logic Teaser
See the end of this post for how the class might work and details about the video. Video Yes, the lighting is terrible. I give sallow a bad name. Links:…
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Triumphant Return of The Week In Doom! Birth Prevention Edition
Due to incessant, almost overwhelming, demand (one guy asked once), I announce the triumphant return of The Week In Doom -- a breezy compilation of the Week's accelerating woke and…
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Artificial Intelligence and Irrational Fears — Guest Post by Jim Fedako
Where's Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead? Seriously, what list of the greatest rock guitarists of all time would not – could not – include him? Sure, I know the…
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Did Republicans Report More Vax Adverse Events? How Not To Do Statistics
A perpetual staple of statistical shenanigans are "studies" comparing one heterogeneous population with other, or with many other heterogeneous populations, where the researcher picks out one item among the myriad…
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Never Safety First
Here's a headline, drawn from what you will recognize is a large fund: "Safety first when viewing the partial solar eclipse in April". Here is another: "Safety first: Kern County…
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Changes & Announcing The Uncertainty Probability Science Statistics Class
Change You Can Believe In No joke. The blog has changed. It is now cleaner, more in line with the Substack mirror, some pages consolidated, making it easier to maintain,…
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Christ Is Risen
Christ is Risen, Christ is King on this the most profound Day of Visibility the world has ever known. Joyous and blessed Easter to you all.