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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part I New (Free) Software Introduction

Introduction Here's what we always want, but never get, using the old ways of doing statistics: The probability that some proposition Y is true given certain assumptions. Like this: …

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Man’s Knowledge of God Through Faith

Previous post. Have faith, we're getting there. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In the Knowledge of God Which is Through Faith 1 Now, there is still another knowledge of…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XLIV

Item World's worst paedo Peter Scully who filmed baby rapes, tortured kids and made them dig their own graves smirks at life in jail A DEPRAVED paedo who filmed himself…

Fun Statistics

Mail Bag

I daily receive thoughtful emails from readers. Some ask questions, many point to articles or "studies" that need comment. Others just want to say hi. I am grateful for these…

Philosophy

Does Free Will Exist In The Universe? (That Would Be A Yes.)

Embedded in nearly every argument against free will is the Appeal to Effeminacy. Here it is in Alfredo Metere's new Cosmos article "Does free will exist in the universe? (That…

Culture

University of Minnesota: Use The Preferred Pronoun Or Be Fired

My preferred pronouns, as I wrote several years ago, are "your" or "his majesty". Anyone not using them must be punished. Indeed, offenders should be fired from their job. Because…

Culture

Trump & Putin Drive The Media Mad. And It Was Beautiful

Chris Wallace sat down with Vladimir Putin. The goal of the interview, it seemd, is to show the world how important Chris Wallace is. The video, if it is still…

Statistics

Dissolving & Not Resolving The Fermi Paradox

Paper by Anders Sandberg, Eric Drexler and Toby Ord of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University made the news last week. "Dissolving the Fermi Paradox", on Arxiv (and therefore…

Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many! – William M. Briggs on The Probability Of A Head In A Coin Flip Is 1, Not 1/2July 22, 2024
[…] impossibly perfect symmetry in the device/die and its workings. Did you watch the coin flip video? (Blog, Substack). Now…
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 21, 2024
Interesting things being discussed here. I guess it's time to see where this goes... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-pfizer-vp-michael-yeadon-explains-why-theres-no-evidence-for-the-existence-of-any-viruses/ https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/scientists-challenge-fundamental-precepts-of-virology-do-viruses-even-exist/
John Pate on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 21, 2024
The LLM people need to point out AI “hallucinations” are fully in line with the business of science and are…
hudbwu on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 20, 2024
All correct. Slavery had to be specially justified and strictly limited because nobody was inherently worthy of slavery. Therefore, all…
TFBW on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 20, 2024
If nothing else, this lecture is giving me pause to reconsider some of my presuppositions. I'm not too satisfied with…