Posted inFun Philosophy
Ad Hominem, My Sweet
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Posted inBook review Statistics
Uncertainty Reviewed Again: It is such a good book, and I recommend it without reservation
Don Aitkin, author of Moving On: A Tale of the Millennium, also available here, and feted here, and reviewed here, has reviewed my Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability and…
Posted inStatistics
Bad Science Used to Block Americans’ Access to Life-Saving Technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbf_TXqEY-Y Our friend Jane Orient, lead doc at Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, put out the release below, in which she very kindly mentions Yours Truly. The AAPS runs…
Posted inCulture
Countering The Claim That Francis Is An Antipope — Guest Post by Fr. John Rickert, FSSP
Editor's note. The sentiment, and even conviction, that Francis is an Antipope has been growing. Because these are tumultuous times and it is best not to be distracted, I asked…
Posted inStatistics
Don’t Use Statistical Models (When You Don’t Have To. Which Is Nearly Always)
Today, a convincing argument proving the current practice of probability and statistics is mostly wrong, or wrong-headed. The picture above does---and does not---show herbicide use in several countries by year…
Posted inCulture
Diversity Kills: Air Force Edition
Alternate title. Diversity Always Leads To Mandatory Quotas: Air Force Edition The purpose of an army, whether on land or sea or air, is twofold: to kill the enemy and…
Posted inCulture
Asimov’s Cult Of Ignorance
Eons ago---in 1980---word-machine Isaac Asimov had an essay in Newsweek entitled "A Cult Of Ignorance." There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been.…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Reader Query & Assist Request: Health Data In India
Busy Saturday, so a plea from reader Aman Rastogi: Sir, I am a student from Lucknow University, INDIA, pursuing my Masters in Public Health there. Few days back I have…
