Books
Books that I have written.
Books that I have written.
Podcasts and Videos in which I have appeared or which I have created.
Dynamical systems simulation in Python. Includes both continuous and stochastic simulation.
An introductory stats book from a Bayesian perspective, including Python software.
I've always been interested in the origin of consciousness, and am intrigued by attempts to quantify it and to detect it. Arecent article in Science seems to address part …
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For any that are interested, I've given or been part of a number of presentations recently. Two of particular interest were done today for Research and Engagement Day (REDay) at …
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This post, and others like it, are things I try to communicate to my students. Recognizing, and publicly acknowledging ones shortcomings, is a big one in my book.
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This weekend I got hooked on a funny little probability puzzle, and have finally found some closure. It started with an off-hand comment by a student, which led me …
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In a previous post I made a calculation error, which arrived at an unintuitive result - a result that still stands. I got side-tracked with, what I thought, was an …
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(Note: this problem has an error...can you find it? I will post the correction ~~soon~~ here, which itself has some interesting properties)
We often make the important distinction between …
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If you want some entertainment in the form of logical gymnastics, go to this page on the proof of god. If you're impatient, here is one of the arguments …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking notes and "arm-chair" responding to each …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking notes and "arm-chair" responding to each of the …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking notes and "arm-chair" responding to each of the Unbelievable podcast episodes satisfying …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking notes and "arm-chair" responding to each of the Unbelievable podcast episodes satisfying a set of simple rules.
For a full RSS …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking notes and "arm-chair" responding to each of the Unbelievable …
#Unbelievable Project
As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking notes and "arm-chair" responding to each of the Unbelievable podcast episodes satisfying a set of simple rules.
For a full RSS …
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So I've decided to start a project which will be posted here as I go along. Essentially, it is based off of the Unbelievable podcast, which for those who don't …
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Dan Barker has an Easter Challenge to any Christian to come up with a seamless account of what happened on the day of the Resurrection.
The conditions of the challenge …
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So I've been following and intro stats class for a project of mine, and came across this curious definition:
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I just finished watching the "Science Refutes God" debate. Although I am not a huge fan of Krauss and Shermer, I thought they did a decent job. As I was …
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I was listening to an episode of the Rationally Speaking podcast, which overall is quite good, but from time to time I disagree. In this case they were talking about …
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In a facebook conversation, Matthew Bell claimed that "the evidence for the existence of God has been made so clear that any who do not believe in it are without …
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