tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post642806457300725251..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Odds and EndsTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-15023139392443036352013-11-26T10:40:52.877-05:002013-11-26T10:40:52.877-05:00#2
An illiterate disquisition
Sells out logic for...#2<br /><br />An illiterate disquisition<br />Sells out logic for superstition: <br />Your brother's no brother<br />But an alien Other.<br />None expect the fecal Inquisition!<br />maneliliaplenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-65331650516272985602013-11-26T00:07:17.406-05:002013-11-26T00:07:17.406-05:00Many thanks for to the pointer to the book by RH B...Many thanks for to the pointer to the book by RH Benson (available on Gutenberg). A great read, though he missed the mark on asbestos furniture. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03363121389375747604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-83076213782175345252013-11-25T19:56:03.928-05:002013-11-25T19:56:03.928-05:00Thank Ghu for the Gnu Phrenology, or else he may n...Thank Ghu for the Gnu Phrenology, or else he may not have known!TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-53483767761704207542013-11-25T19:28:42.782-05:002013-11-25T19:28:42.782-05:00I can't find an email to send you this link. ...I can't find an email to send you this link. I thought it is an interesting sidenote to the dead fish brain scan. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/11/the-neuroscientist-who-discovered-he-was-a-psychopath/?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750763393428404220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-42234065364694473332013-11-25T13:40:55.546-05:002013-11-25T13:40:55.546-05:00Apparently, they tried to duplicate the original s...Apparently, they tried to duplicate the original studies and did not get the same results. This is pretty common. As I understand it, Publish or Perish has no patience for studies that don't discover important effects, and so scientists are incentivized to discover important effects, even if they have to data-mine to find them. There is also a prejudice against follow-up studies, since if they do confirm the results they are not making NEW findings. <br /><br />Since most scientists use a knee-jerk significance level of 5%, we are almost guaranteed a fair number of false positives. <i>If there is no effect whatsoever,</i> about 5% of studies will find one. And that's assuming randomness, independence, lack of technical bias, and other fatalities in the design and conduct of the study.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-56952517571521575852013-11-25T12:55:27.084-05:002013-11-25T12:55:27.084-05:00I took a look at the Ioannidis and then read up on...I took a look at the Ioannidis and then read up on a few counter-shots. His wiki page has links to criticisms by Goodman and Greenland, but I don't have the chops to pick sides after reading his retort. Fairly interesting to see his methods dinged a few times but for Amgen and Bayer to back up his predictions with observations of failed studies. I'm curious to know what the parameters for falsity were for the Amgen and Bayer studies.<br /><br />RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-18339491826262751762013-11-24T20:46:25.709-05:002013-11-24T20:46:25.709-05:00I wish. There's one that's blocked right n...I wish. There's one that's blocked right now. Not quite 1/3-done, but already 90 kilowords, so I need a machete. A series of novelettes is appearing in ANALOG concerning Teodorq sunna Nagarajan the Ironhand, whom some may recall from UP JIM RIVER. I'm about to start on the fourth one.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-35088732727098192782013-11-24T20:14:25.066-05:002013-11-24T20:14:25.066-05:00(TOF would worry if the shit broke down under tort...(TOF would worry if the shit broke down under torture and confessed.)<br /><br />That's just excellent. Are you writing a novel these days? Because I think I need more of this. Xena Catolicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-87756998852708122772013-11-23T19:05:17.487-05:002013-11-23T19:05:17.487-05:00Oh, I wouldn’t call it subtle. The whole point of ...Oh, I wouldn’t call it subtle. The whole point of Political Correctness is that it’s impossible to be politically correct: <i>someone</i> always has a free pass to attack you for <i>something.</i> Just as the whole point of Sustainability is that nothing is ever really sustainable, so someone can always attack you for insufficient dedication to Mother Gaia. Modern Leftism is not about doing what is right; it is about believing that everybody else is wrong, and always having a stick handy to beat anyone you want to beat.Tom Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067031472666752839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-2189735892824783552013-11-23T08:07:21.016-05:002013-11-23T08:07:21.016-05:00The nose-counting form of "diversity" is...The nose-counting form of "diversity" is a subtle trap: if you have too many characters as pale as yourself, then you're not inclusive and get called names. But if you do use a lot of characters whose skin color doesn't match your own, then you're "appropriating" and get called names.Cambiashttp://www.jamescambias.comnoreply@blogger.com