2018 – Page 24 – William M. Briggs

Statistics Vs. Artificial Intelligence

https://twitter.com/drewconway/status/1010137695664951297 This meme which heads today's post (see discussion under this tweet a modification of an original cartoon) expresses the true distinction between statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Which…

Class Statistics

Making Random Draws Is Nuts

Let's do a little science experiment together. Go into the closet and pull out an opaque sack or bag. Anything will do, even a large sock. If you can fit…

Culture

Notes On Our (So Far) Cold Civil War

The left did not expect to lose to Drumpf. Some left government officials did their best to keep it from happening. But nobody bats a thousand. The left's cry-ins and…

Class Statistics

There Is No Prior? What’s A Bayesian To Do? Relax, There’s No Model, Either

I saw colleague Deborah Mayo casting, or rather trying to cast, aspersions on Bayesian philosophy by saying there is "no prior". Bayesians might not agree, but it's true. Mayo's right.…

Statistics

Global Warming: Thirty Years Of Hype, Hysteria & Hullabaloo

In the late spring of 1988, Senator Tim Wirth from Colorado (guess his party) called the Weather Bureau and asked what historically was the hottest day of the year in…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Lie In Acts Of Virtue

Previous post. Strange (again again) are the things men seek out. That man's ultimate felicity does not lie in acts of the moral virtues 1 It is clear, too, that…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XL

Item The Hitler Of South Africa Tells White People, He Won't Kill Them...Yet! Earlier this week while most of the world was transfixed on the World Cup, the Trump/Kim handshake,…

Culture Statistics

Peter Singer Wants to Teach the World His Song Of Death

It's always amazing to me when I see Peter Singer's name crop up on an article. I keep guessing he'd have been tarred and feathered and purged from polite society…

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…