Steven Pinker, Crank
At least he doesn’t start out that way. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in an isolated system (one …
Category Archives: Politics
The Good with the Bad
It’s become cliche to view 2016 as the worst year ever. Yes, it’s horrible that the most powerful country on …
Model Behaviour
The results are finally in, my spreadsheet has been updated, and the model which best predicted the US election of …
Model Evaluation for the 2016 US Election
Thank you, New York Times. They have a handy chart which lists the state-by-state probabilities for six different poll aggregators, …
A Tale of Two Aggregators
Combining multiple polls together is an old idea, but in our interconnected and data-rich age it’s become a popular past …
Dear “Politically Reactive,”
Longtime listener, big fan (please please please get someone on to talk about safe spaces and politically correctness), but I’m writing because a …
Soooo… how about them Russians, eh?
Ugh. Apologies all, but I have way too much on my plate to do much blogging. It stinks, because I …
Funny Story
It’s been a while, so the details may be wrong but the spirit is true. I briefly became acquanted with …
The Dishonesty of the Anti-Choice Movement, part 40033
Whenever the US Food and Drug Administration approves a new medication, they list a specific treatment protocol derived from the …
Poverty is Sexist
No, really. While the debate around this truth rages everywhere, girls and women living in extreme poverty – those often …
