Statistics – Page 81 – William M. Briggs

A Note On Mathematical Axioms (With Regard To Sizes Of Infinity)

This isn't easy going, but there's a story out, with a very good write up in Quanta, on mathematical axioms, as they apply to different sizes of infinity. Key paragraph:…

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Proof Probability & Statistics & AI Don’t Discover Cause

Everybody has read, or seen adaptations of, Bram Stocker's documentation of Dracula, the undead count, unlate of Transylvania. From these pages and films, we all know how to kill a…

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Chimp Out Blamed On Global Cooling

Here's a story you didn't see coming, but should have, given how easily Experts are persuaded by other Experts to believe in each others' Expertology. Headline: "Chimps are spotted ganging…

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The Five+ Waves Of COVID Explained; Vexxination Tyranny; Why They Stopped Reporting Deaths; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXXI

Our Global Rulers' Motto: Science created the coronadoom, and Science will cure it. Trust The Science! Do not miss the last and most important section this week. It explains the…

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Media Blames Heatwave On Global Warming: I Say Nope

Okay, hold the emails. I changed the title to "global warming." I used "global cooling" originally only because it irritates to a great extent the ignorant who are always chanting…

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Dreaded Delta Surge Explained (Is it the Vexxine?); Cars Killing More Than COVID; Literal Ministries Of Truth; UK Pingdemic; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXX

BRACE YOURSELF How many died of traffic fatalities last week? About 744. On average. Given 38,680 died last year. How many died of the doom? CDC says 163. But that's…

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Models Only Say What They’re Told to Say — The Paper!

The paper (more like a glorified note, really) "Models Only Say What They’re Told to Say" (by me) will appear in the Springer book Prediction and Causality in Econometrics and…

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France Update: VAERS Suggests As Many Kids Dying From Vexxine as Coronadoom; Another Paper Shows Mask Mandates Don’t Work; Being Fat Is Bad; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXIX

FRENCH FARCE https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1414668383316938752 The French nation has descended into Effeminacy. No man may buy or sell with the Mark of the Vex. NEOLOGISM Hyperpole, n: extravagant exaggeration by politicians in…

Johnno on Why The Drake Equation FailsJanuary 1, 2026
The Drake Equation, like Da Theory of da Evolution, and Relativity Math-a-Magics with Time-pretzel-balloons, all exist to keep Atheism afloat…
Johnno on How Did We Do In Our 2025 Predictions?December 31, 2025
I was right about the right! Conservative estimating does work! Always aim for mediocrity! The formula for success! Or at…
John Pate on Why The Drake Equation FailsDecember 31, 2025
Seems to me the obvious reason for the state of the world as we see it is that aliens are…
Zundfolge on How Did We Do In Our 2025 Predictions?December 31, 2025
Wow, I have never been as far off as I was this last year. I'll have to give some thought…
Chaeremon on Why The Drake Equation FailsDecember 31, 2025
even when figures relate to observations, mathematics can only help with finding errors in equations -- against measured data. so,…