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.
Haven't had a post in too long, and I hope to get back into things.
I was reading an article about dualism where they point out 6 reasons that naturalism …
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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.
See here for a …
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So I was recently reminded of an old interview of Alister McGrath by Richard Dawkins. When I first listened to this, quite some time ago, I recall feeling that McGrath …
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From time to time we see a headline like The end of the world IS nigh: Huge asteroid 'will hit earth in 2032' claim astronomers or a more modest one …
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In a recent article bemoaning the pseudoscientific attitudes of the public, I was struck by the following result: When given the question...
Astrology is
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In a comment on my Wordpress site (a site I am replacing with this one) on a post about "Creationist Math", the commenter says:
I believe we all choose to …
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Seems as if everyone is talking about the recent Ken Ham vs Bill Nye debate on evolution and creation, so I figured I'd put in my two cents.
I couldn't …
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In my introduction to probability in class this week, I was asked if proof and evidence really meant the same thing. They don't. To summarize,
Proof does not exist in …
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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.
See here for a …
#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.
See here for a …
#Unbelievable Project
I was listening to a debate about the irrationality of theism, and the theist, Randall Rauser introduced me to a concept in philosophy that I had not heard of: properly …
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While preparing for physics class, I found this gem: the Flash Mind Reader! So, here is a simple website which claims to read your mind. This is a pretty extraordinary …
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In a discussion on The Limits Of Science with Lawrence Krass, Dan Dennett, and Massimo Pigliucci, there is much haggling over the relationship between science and philosophy. Although I think …
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In a discussion on The Limits Of Science with Lawrence Krass, Dan Dennett, and Massimo Pigliucci, Dan Dennett makes an analogy with chess (and its rules) to morality. The analogy …
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The cover art for my book, Statistical Inference for Everyone, is something created by me and I'd like to explain my design. We have a picture of Saturn, taken by …
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For anyone interested in statistical inference or probability, you should check out my new book (released under the Creative Commons license). You can download it here:
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I've completely redone my website, http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais! I may be moving my blog over there at some point, depending on how it goes. For right now I …
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I completely changed the framework that I use for my website, changing it from Rapidweaver (a mac-based, GUI website editor) to pelican, a Python-based framework for making static websites. Why …
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I completely redid my website, and am still playing with a lot of the organization, etc... I'm hoping that it will be both easier to use, and include more detailed …
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A short video by Fr. Robert Barron, to start off the new year.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zMf_8hkCdc&w=560&h=315]
Here is the summary:
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This post in response to a comment I received about the source of morality in society:
But I realize religion, even with its negatives, remains a net positive in human …
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