The following dose of drivel appeared in the Telegraph.co.uk news report dated 13 July 2009. “Bright blue eyes have long been viewed as a quality that can help to attract the opposite sex. Now research suggests having piercing blue eyes may also say something positive about your level of intelligence. Scientists believe they may have [...]
In the previous entry I discussed the hazards of samples of one. Later I began reading news articles from a variety of sources and also some blogs and they often involved an individual account of one kind or other. This type of evidence is call ‘anecdotal evidence in research circles and it almost invariably involves [...]
I recently was in contact with a site that specializes in baseball statistics (Bill James’s Organization) and the fellow with whom I was in contact suggested a take a look at a unique graphics presentation. I did look and was amazed with what I saw. You can see it here. Dr. Rosling’s energy and enthusiasm [...]
Anyone who knows me has heard my rant about the lack of evidence that Cholesterol at moderate levels has any relationship with heart disease. Now it seems that some vindication may be in the wind. The New York Times’s Alex Berenson reported that two widely read studies of cholesterol lowering drugs were not able to [...]
In today’s press there are a number of clear examples of the fundamental and critical difference between explaining and predicting. The type and quality of knowledge required for each are substantively different.CBS leads this hour’s Google news offering with the following: “How Obama became the man to beat.”But, wait a minute. If CBS understands how [...]
