That title was lifted from a Washington Post essay by G.V. Ramanathan, a professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For my Twitter- and […]
Being Against Climate Change Legislation Is Just Like Being For Slavery
Or so implies Andrew J. Hoffman, current sitter in the cushy Holcim chair at the University of Michigan, and writer of the peer-reviewed (I’m guessing) article “Climate change as a cultural and […]
Influential Forecasts
If I tell you that the price of a stock is going to increase and you believe me enough to rush out and buy that stock, the price of that stock will […]
Are We In The Midst Of A Global Extinction Event?
“All Life Ends! Amphibians, Cartilaginous Fishes Hardest Hit.” That was the headline yesterday in newspapers all over the country as editors reacted to a press release from Science magazine which described a […]
Statistics Exam #2
Here as promised, word for word1, is the second exam I gave my introductory statistics students. A prerequisite for the class was at least “Pre calculus”. I emphasize—in italics!—that I have taught […]
I’m Happy To Help, Judith Curry: Overconfidence In IPCC’s Detection And Attribution
Thanks to reader Roger Cohen for brining this to my attention. Atmospheric scientist Judith Curry recently ran a series of blog posts entitled, “Overconfidence in IPCC’s detection and attribution.” In Part III […]
Utilitarianism, Halloween, and Phantasm
Jeremy Benthem The Tall Man Halloween is coming, and that means it’s time to consider frightening things. And what over the past two centuries has been more horrific than the idea of […]
How To Cheat With Graphics: Paul Krugman Style
Thanks to reader Doug Magowan for bringing this to our attention. In his New York Times blog “The Conscience of a Liberal“, the far-left economist Paul Krugman presented these graphs and this […]
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