February 2020 – Page 3 – William M. Briggs

Coronavirus Statistics: R Code Included! — Updated With Hack To Adjust For New Reporting Methods

Intro I thought it would be fun to turn the daily coronavirus predictions I've been making into statistics class, complete with code. There are two parts to this: (1) the…

Culture Philosophy

AI Is Coming For You!

The picture heading the post is of an AI machine carrying a small child to a paperclip factory. Why is it every time I read one of these evil-AI-destroys-the-world stories…

$Mathematics Operates Like Whiteness$

Culture

Mathematics Operates Like Whiteness

Here's what mathematics education professor Rochelle Gutierrez said: Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as…

Culture

Catholic Bishop McElroy Endorses Trump, Criticizes Buttgieg

It's being reported Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has endorsed President Trump for re-election. McElroy didn't mention Trump by name, but he gave the following hints that Trump…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Love Thy Neighbor

Previous post. It's unlikely your neighbor lives on the far side of the world, or the other side of the border. So just what does neighbor mean? Read and find…

Culture

Week In Doom — 2020 Election Preview Edition

Item Superbowl halftime show featured a "latinx" stripper. Was there really a pole dance? Item Unhinged @ASU student wants to "slash the throats" of all Trump supporters. https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1225226164806881283 Progressives are…

Philosophy

Libertarian Wants Wolves To Stop Eating Rabbits & Lions To Become Vegans

The title is a joke, of a sort. It's humor comes in its truth. It is true a self-labeling libertarian named Andy Lamey wants people to stop eating animals. He…

Statistics

Over-Certainty of Polygenic Scores

This is really a Part I of a series of articles about the latest trend (fad?) in statistical biology, but I didn't want to label it that way, which would…

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…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 20, 2024
Johnno: "It’s like a panacea, but in reverse." Good one.
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 19, 2024
Have the reporters asked the White House if perhaps another booster might help the Biden? A certain someone said it…
Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 19, 2024
Technically, the Church had and used slaves. And even the Old Testament allowed for slavery under certain conditions. For example,…