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 copied a comment on my old site, and am replying to it here. It is a fantastically interesting question, which I have been enjoying thinking about.
It refers to …
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In the article Probability theory does not extend logic David Chapman, the author, criticizes the claim that probability theory generalizes logic to cases with uncertainty. He is particularly scornful of …
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I've heard many times (see here and here, for examples) the objection from apologists that certain claims (i.e. supernatural events, miracles, etc…) are ruled either impossible or highly unlikely …
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In 1969, NASA faked the moon landing - there was a huge conspiracy to cover up the facts that the landing was actually filmed in Hollywood. Well, that's what the conspiracy …
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In David Deutsch's TED Talk he describes what makes good and bad explanations. In particular he outlines what makes scientific explanations good ones whereas mythological ones bad. Many people claim …
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From this paper,
http://statweb.stanford.edu/~ckirby/brad/other/2013Perspective.pdf
we have the following text:
“Controversial theorem” sounds like an oxymoron, but Bayes’ Rule has played this part …
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I’m always interested in the process of evaluation, especially for professors. It is common to have student evaluations performed at the end of the semester, and there are endless …
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I was listening to the Dogma Debate episode “Does God Really Love You?” with Blake Giunta, and was really struck by the structure of the discussion. I have dealt with …
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I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about the supposedly incompetent response by “accident reconstruction expert”, as shown in this video. You can read one response in the opinion …
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So the Mr. Deity video, part two of his new series has an interesting point. The point is that arguments are not evidence. He says that in all of the …
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I love the idea of New Year’s Day. It’s a time for reflection, contemplation, self improvement. I realize that it is technically just another day, and that one …
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So, I've been off the blog because of new job duties that overwhelmed me for a while. I enjoy the new year as a way of starting again, clean slate …
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I was reading a list of things Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn't understand about Interstellar and was reminded about some of the things I don't like about Neil deGrasse Tyson. Let …
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There are a number of questions designed specifically to not have answers or statements designed to be imponderable. Some of them actually do have answers, it seems, when you …
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I was listening to the Giunta-Dillahunty debate, "Does God Exist?", and the subsequent appearance of these two on the Dogma Debate show and felt there was enough there that required …
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As a scientist, I don't typically hold philosophy in that high regard. It has its uses, but can easily devolve into a word game with no real substance. My basic …
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I was listening to the Giunta-Dillahunty debate, "Does God Exist?", and the subsequent appearance of these two on the Dogma Debate show, and was struck by the structure of the …
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In anticipation of the New Horizons close flyby of Pluto in a little over a week on July 14, 2015, I read with interest the article "Calculating Pluto’s Mass …
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In another post, I outlined how the drop in pressure was entirely consistent with what was measured with the laws of physics. That post was done when the only data …
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As part of the Unbelievable Project, I was listening to the Unbelievable podcast on the definition of atheism, whether it is "lack in a belief in God" or "believing that …
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After my post about the misquoting Hume and the miraculous, I was recommended to read the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on miracles where it supposedly explains why "Hume was …
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