Gaze and wonder at the the chart pushed by the New York Times to explain the abortion laws of each state. An abbreviated version heads the post. The graphic is…
These examples are from the BAMS article "Continental US Hurricane Landfall Frequency And Associated Damage: Observations and Future Risks" by PhiliP J. Klotzbach, Steven G. Bowen, Roger Pielke JR., and…
Previous post. There is a natural ordering of intellectual abilities, in us and in angels. THAT LOWER INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES ARE RULED BY HIGHER ONES 1 Since certain intellectual creatures are…
Item Blurred lines: A pregnant man's tragedy tests gender notions When the man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains, a nurse didn't consider it an emergency, noting that…
If you ask a physicist "Why can't objects go faster than light? That there should be a limit doesn't seem right to me", he will abuse you. He'll start off…
Thanks to reader Victor Domin for pointing us to the paper "On teaching mathematics" by V.I. Arnold. Here's an extended quote on models (do read the whole thing). At this…
Hire Me The government doesn't have a monopoly on research funding. But if you add in the funds of so-called non-governmental organizations---which, as has been noted, announce by their name…
Some have the idea that there should be a "weight of evidence" that is separate from probability, or in addition to it. Probability judgments are held more or less strongly,…