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The True Meaning Of Statistical Models
This came up yesterday (again, as it does often), so I figure one more stab is in order. Because the answer isn't simple, I had to write a lot, which…
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The Rise Of Bayes
Thanks to reader Frank Kristeller we learn that the far left New York Times yesterday ran an article by F.D. Flam praising the rise of Bayesian statistics: The Odds, Continually…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Not A Body. Part III
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. This is…
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On Being Certain There’s No Certainty
Neurologist Robert Burton describes this "delusion of certainty" in his book On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not: "Despite how certainty feels, it is neither a…
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Richard Carrier’s Argument To Show God’s Existence Unlikely Is Invalid And Unsound
In the comment section to an earlier piece of mine on Strange Notions, Richard Carrier invited me to "interact" with him through his article "Neither Life nor the Universe Appears…
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The Science-Is-Self-Correcting Fallacy
"You know my theory is true," said the grant-wielding scientist, "Because science is self-correcting." That statement is a fallacy because, of course, even supposing that science is self-correcting, there is…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Not A Body. Part II
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. God is…
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On The Truth And Knowing Why
Guy walks up to you in the street and says, "If f is some continuous function on the closed interval a to b, and if you take the definite integral…