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What The Law Of Large Numbers Really Means
JJ Couey, who hosts a podcast well known to some of you, and friend of the Broken Science Initiative, asked me about the so-called Law of Large Numbers. Jay wonders…
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Insurance Isn’t Insurance & Why It’s All So Crazy
We did this years ago, but it's time for a refresh for new readers. You make a bet with a bookie. You don't want X to happen, where "X" can…
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Bringing Order To Disordered Views Of Entropy
This is the second post reviewing Sabine Hossenfelder's new book Existential Physics. First is my criticism of Many Worlds. If you are short of time, skip to the bottom today.…
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How To Gamble If You Must
Listen to the podcast at YouTube, BitChute, or Gab. Our title comes from a famous book by Lester Dubbins and Leonard Savage, which appeared at the beginning of the Bayesian…
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The Multiverse Hides The Problem It Was Supposed To Solve, And Calls It Solved
Let's end the review of Sabine Hossenfelder's book. We did some already: Emergence, Entropy, and Many Worlds. With this post, we'll have covered the most interesting topics. Old Hoss, and…
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Against The Anthropic Principle
My friend (and friend of ours) Bob Kurland gave the presentation "Our Goldilocks Universe" at the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology on anthropic coincidences. These are my…
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Questions On Statistical Practice Answered
Forgive me my friends, because of reasons I am terribly far behind on everything. Regular posting to resume soon. While back in a post, I was ranting about something like…
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The Only Argument Against P-Values You Will Ever Need
Some two and a half years ago I posted this article: "An Infinity of Null Hypotheses — Another Anti-P-Value Argument". The title is unfortunate; or, rather, the subtitle is. It…
