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Statistics Done Wrong: How scientists abuse statistics

Posted on July 31, 2012 by capnrefsmmat / 4 Comments

Statistical results are everywhere in science. When the Higgs boson discovery was announced, nearly every news article mentioned how there was just a one in 1.7...

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Statistical Significance of Doom (part 1)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by capnrefsmmat / 4 Comments

I was recently assigned to give a 25-minute presentation on a subject of my choice. After choosing “scientific dishonesty and fraud,” I happened upo...

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Blog Searching

Posted on July 17, 2010 by capnrefsmmat / 0 Comment

SFN now has global blog searching. Use the search box in the upper right to search for terms in blog posts, or use View New Content or View Active Content to se...

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I love my Kindle…

Posted on June 30, 2010 by capnrefsmmat / 2 Comments

but I want a new version, with: Higher-resolution screen (200 DPI or more?) with greater contrast Full Unicode fonts (or at least handle the Euro symbol, Cyrill...

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It’s So Complexified

Posted on December 25, 2008 by capnrefsmmat / 2 Comments

I wonder if, twenty years from now, our computers will be amazingly simple intuitive touchscreen thingies like they always show on Star Trek, or ludicrously com...

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Blike Reveals His True Colors

Posted on January 13, 2008 by capnrefsmmat / 2 Comments

Scroll down a bit, folks.

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Posted on January 13, 2008 by capnrefsmmat / 0 Comment

HAHA IM WRITING ON CAPNS BLOAWG!

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