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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Raikoth: Laws, Language, and Society
People around here are pigeonholing me as the local Boring Standard-Issue Progressive, and I’m tired of it. I was sick of it when Federico would use me as his liberal foil on his now-alas-defunct blog. I was sick of it … Continue reading
Ambijectivity
The most awkward blog entries to write are the ones where I’m not sure whether the comments section will fill up with people annoyed at me for covering the same old boring obvious ground yet again, people who violently disagree … Continue reading
Selection bias and atheist stereotypes
Have people considered before that the stereotype of the loud angry atheist may be entirely a result of selection bias? Consider the average person’s experience with religious people. You see religious people going to church. You notice them wearing necklaces … Continue reading
If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing With Made-Up Statistics
I do not believe that the utility weights I worked on last week – the ones that say living in North Korea is 37% as good as living in the First World – are objectively correct or correspond to any … Continue reading