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Social Justice Warriors! Marvel Announces New Movie At #HugoAwards

Marvel's new Social Justice Warriors! preview took the Hugo Awards by storm. And so did the team itself, who shocked and gratified attendees by using their mutant powers on the…

Culture Fun

Contest! Dumbest & Most Frustrating Modern Invention

Contest! Win a Coffee Cup to the Stars! What is the Dumbest & Most Frustrating Modern Invention? What is the work of man that has given the most annoyance or…

Statistics

Theories Don’t Have Probabilities: Or, Is The Multiverse Real?

There was in Munich last week a three-day workshop on the soul of science. According to Quanta Magazine, the conference was driven by George Ellis and Joe Silk who wrote…

Statistics

Enjoy Coffee? You Could Be A Psychopath. Or, Time For A Two-Year Moratorium Of Questionnaire Science

The headline blared "Enjoy coffee or a gin and tonic? You could be a psychopath: People with dark personalities prefer bitter foods and drinks". And then the bullet points: *…

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Stream: Scientists Claim Zapping Brains With Magnets Can Treat Belief In God

Apologies to all. I thought this was going to run on Thursday, so I'm a day behind. If you're one of the folks who asked about upcoming articles, these have…

Statistics

Frequenstism Is Entirely Ad Hoc; And So Are Priors. Use The Third Way Instead

https://twitter.com/learnfromerror/status/638841417461276672 Short note today, because today, and most days for the next couple of weeks, are book days. I am nearly finished with the damned thing. I'm now handling drudgery…

Culture Statistics

Rhode Island Mandates HPV Vaccine, Tells Parents, “We’re The Government And Can Do What We Like”

I'm not sure what it is with lawmakers. Are they only interested in increasing control over citizens' lives? Or is it that in combination with ignorance? Let the Boston Globe…

Fun Statistics

Corrigan Brothers’ Statistics Song. Finally Released!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2j96hpEkM Ladies and Gentlemen, it has arrived. The world famous Corrigan Brothers have another hit! What they did for Barack Obama in their mega-smash There's No One As Irish As…

Cary Cotterman on Trends In Wokeness & Girlbossery In ScienceNovember 14, 2024
I tried "diversity", "green", "new normal", "safety", "wellness", and "woke" and got similar huge spikes in the past few years.…
JH on Prominent Academic Asks: When And How Did Statistics Lose Its Way? November 14, 2024
Mr. Briggs, So, you've got a made-up example here, where the parameter effect size is included in the regression and…
Paul Murphy on Trends In Wokeness & Girlbossery In ScienceNovember 14, 2024
For even more fun, try the antonyms - I started with "apathy" and "callousness" - ended up laughing loud enough…
Brian (bulaoren) on Trends In Wokeness & Girlbossery In ScienceNovember 14, 2024
I feel you, man!
Briggs on Prominent Academic Asks: When And How Did Statistics Lose Its Way? November 14, 2024
Hagfish, Nose ring?