Category Archives: statistics

Mythical Myths #3 – The Concept of Race

Posted on 2011-02-15 by alan

Oh damn! I had no particular wish to address this until browsing led me by chance to RACE – The Power of an Illusion at PBS where a bunch of well intentioned people are discrediting anti-racism by associating it with a … Continue reading →

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted on 2008-06-05 by alan

I was led to this Sunday Times profile of Taleb via Arts&Letters Daily. Taleb’s view that market collapses are more sudden and extreme (though less frequent) than rises seems believable to me but is presumably easily checked from the record, … Continue reading →

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Probability of Occurring by Chance

Posted on 2007-08-14 by alan

In this post at squareCircleZ, Professor Bruce Armstrong from the Sydney Cancer Centre at the University of Sydney is quoted as saying “The probability the that increase is due simply to chance is about one in a million so we … Continue reading →

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