Books
Books that I have written.
Media Appearances
Podcasts and Videos in which I have appeared or which I have created.
pyndamics3
Dynamical systems simulation in Python. Includes both continuous and stochastic simulation.
Stats for Everyone
An introductory stats book from a Bayesian perspective, including Python software.
I am a Scientist, Skeptic, and Professor at Bryant University. My goal is to make technical subject matters widely accessible and to use my analytical and computational skills to assist anyone with their science-related problems.
Blog
Bad Apologetics on Bayes - Part 2
In this YouTube episode, Bad Apologetics Ep 18 - Bayes Machine goes BRRRRRRRRR I join Nathan Ormond, Kamil Gregor, and James Fodor to discuss Timothy and Lydia McGrew's article in The …
#religion
Why undesigned coincidences are not compelling to me
An "undesigned coincidence" is used in an argument for the reliability of the Gospels, notable by Jonathan McLatchie, Tim McGrew and Lydia McGrew, and is defined as
When you have …
#religion
Sometimes more testimony is worse. Scientific methods impact source reliability
When asked the question raised by McLatchie,
I would have to say that new testimony does not raise my probability for a miracle, mostly because all prior attempts to do …
#religion
Why do we need double-blind studies?
I was recently reading some articles about dubious medical procedures, and the claims of miraculous healings. I was struck by a level of credulity with some of these claims, but …
#science
Bad Apologetics on Bayes - Part 1
In this YouTube episode, Bad Apologetics Ep 18 - Bayes Machine goes BRRRRRRRRR I join Nathan Ormond, Kamil Gregor, and James Fodor to discuss Timothy and Lydia McGrew's article in The …
#religion
A long discussion about miracles
Here I summarize the (9 hour!) conversation that I was a part of here: Bad Apologetics Ep 20 - Miracles & even MORE even NEWER Resurrection evidence where we respond to the …
#media
Miracles are rare except when they aren't -- how science actually makes miracle claims unlikely
In this week's Unbelievable Podcast the topic was miracles. I've written about miracles a number of times, but there always seems to something new to say. In this episode, the …
#religion
Sometimes there really isn't enough evidence to believe a claim
A particular response has now happened twice in an ongoing discussion about extraordinary claims, and I felt I needed to think about it more deeply. The response is, essentially, that …
#religion
Ongoing Conversation with Jonathan McLatchie including what would convince me, a visit from Jean Luc Picard, and more
I'd like to thank Jonathan McLatchie for the detailed response to my two-part response.
If you're following along, we have:
- Unbelievable podcast episode Do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? Jonathan …
#religion
Bad Apologetics miscellaneous topics from Jonathan McLatchie
In the Unbelievable podcast episode Do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? Jonathan McLatchie vs Jonathan Pearce I was struck by several claims and points, especially made by Jonathan McLatchie. I …
#religion
Proton Decay and the Resurrection of Jesus -- Rare Events
In the Unbelievable podcast episode Do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? Jonathan McLatchie vs Jonathan Pearce I was struck by several claims and points, especially made by Jonathan McLatchie. I …
#religion
Chemical Reaction Dynamics Reproducing a Computational Paper
As an exercise, I like to reproduce computational papers, but with my own tools. This let's me know that I understand completely what is being written and in many cases …
#science
Simulating Stochastic Processes Gillespie Algorithm
In this post we are going to explore the simulation of stochastic (i.e. random) processes, and work our way to understanding how the Gillespie algorithm works. We'll be using …
#science
Science as a metal detector
In my post about "naturalism of the gaps" I stated that in evaluating claims,
- Methodological naturalism is the only choice we have available, because no one has demonstrated any procedure …
#religion
Bad Apologetics Ep 18 - Bayes Machine goes BRRRRRRRRR
In this YouTube episode, Bad Apologetics Ep 18 - Bayes Machine goes BRRRRRRRRR I join Nathan Ormond, Kamil Gregor, and James Fodor to discuss Timothy and Lydia McGrew's article in The …
#media
Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Part 4 Estimating a central value with a Cauchy Distribution
This is another in the series of "Statistics 101" examples solved with MCMC. Others in the series:
#math
Convert mp3 files to audiobook for Apple Books ...youtube playlists, cds, and more...
The Mac/iPhone Books app has some issues. Before switching the content out of iTunes into a separate app, audiobooks were housed in the same app as music. You could …
#programming
Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Part 3 Estimating a proportion
This is another in the series of "Statistics 101" examples solved with MCMC. Others in the series:
In all of …
#math
Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Part 2 Estimating mean with unknown 𝜎
This is another in the series of "Statistics 101" examples solved with MCMC. The previous in the series can be found here. In all of these posts I'm going to …
#math
Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Estimating mean with known 𝜎
I'd like to walk through some of the "Statistics 101" examples (e.g. estimating with known , estimating a proportion, etc...) for which we have …
#math
Gravitational Attraction
What would happen if two people out in space a few meters apart, abandoned by their spacecraft, decided to wait until gravity pulled them together? My initial thought was that …
#science
