There is a sharp difference between undead and slimy science. The latter is identified with ease. Take this slice of slime from the paper “Exploring together the emotional impact of the climate […]
The Mathematical Trick Guaranteed To Win You A Nobel Prize
My friends, the title is not hyperbole. The scheme I present below will work. But it will require some hard work to get there. Which is only proper, since we are talking […]
Making Up Data To Prove Models?
There is this idea in statistics called the “bootstrap.” The idea is not crazy, but it’s not quite right either. Works like this: data comes in, and usually some parameterized probability (PP) […]
Women Are Fat Not Because Donuts But Because “Discrimination”, Wee P-values Confirm
An irreconcilable conflict sets itself up in the minds of academic Experts who deny that race exists while tracking every imaginable metric by race, which they say doesn’t exist, and then announcing […]
Why Bayes Is Not The Fix We Need: A Critique of Bayesian Inference and its Application
I’ve pointed out many times some of the weaknesses of traditional statistical practices, and how the routine use of “hypothesis testing” leads to an ever-growing mountain of Broken Science. Some say the […]
A Doctor Reveals His Wee P
You go into the doc’s office. He’s not looking happy. He’s holding your chart. “Mr Smith, I’m afraid I have some bad news for you.” Give it to me straight, doc. I […]
Scientists Discover Animals Breathe
Scientists—Expert scientists—have discovered that animals breathe. And they are none too happy about it. For these same scientists tell us that animal respiration contributes to global warming. Now called “climate change.” And […]
“Why Didn’t Use You The [fill in the blank] Model On That NZ Data, Briggs?”
“Hey, Briggs. I saw your take on the leaked New Zealand vaccine data. Interesting. But why didn’t you use [Insert My Favorite Statistics Model Here]?” [Blog, Substack mirror.] I’ll tell you why […]
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