Category Archives: Statistics

reason.com unreasonable on vaccines

Posted on December 9, 2013 by christopher fisher

Reason.com really hates people who choose not to vaccinate. In a recent blog post they quote a US Today article on a Measles outbreak. They say it is three times more than usual. From the post: The USA is experiencing … Continue reading →

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always wear a helmet to protect from meteors

Posted on November 28, 2013 by christopher fisher

Not all risk aversion is worth the cost. We run into people all the time who tell us to change our lives to marginally decrease our risks. Examples would be telling pregnant women to not clean litter-boxes or to flip … Continue reading →

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stereotypes are useful

Posted on October 1, 2013 by christopher fisher

We have all been told in school not to stereotype. In one class, a teacher provided us a list of people and asked “which ones would you most like to live by?” She then listed all the normal sounding ones … Continue reading →

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God is bad at punishment

Posted on September 3, 2013 by christopher fisher

I was talking to a Christian today about Calvinists and letters to newspapers. Once in a while, in any major newspaper there will be some letter to the editor claiming that all the hurricanes and mass murders are God’s judgment … Continue reading →

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men and women are different

Posted on August 27, 2013 by christopher fisher

An oft heard statistic is that for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes .77 cents. The factoid itself is a sharp lesson in bad statistics. It is calculated by taking the “median” female income (not even the average!) … Continue reading →

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safeguard your children from molesters

Posted on August 8, 2013 by christopher fisher

Today I listened to a couple child sex crime detectives discuss the state of child pornography and child sex crimes in America. The audience cringed and squirmed as the detectives cited their statistics. They had a backlog of 80 cases … Continue reading →

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vaccination boulderdash

Posted on July 12, 2013 by christopher fisher

Reason.com just announced 45 enemies of freedom. Making the list at number 28 is Jenny McCarthy: 28. Jenny McCarthy A second-string actress who has managed to stay in the limelight by promoting the bogus theory that vaccines cause autism, McCarthy … Continue reading →

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statistics – the death penalty and deterrence

Posted on July 9, 2013 by christopher fisher

A lot of ink has been spilt over whether the Death Penalty deters criminals or not. Those against the Death Penalty cite Texas, and claim that although Texas executes more people than any other state, they still have a lot … Continue reading →

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max jukes and calling out bad statistics

Posted on June 17, 2013 by christopher fisher

Today in Church the pastor decided to use an illustration to show how big a difference having a Christian father would have on children. He decided to quote a meme that is circulating about Max Jukes and John Edwards. The … Continue reading →

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lies and statistics – presenting irrelevant information

Posted on May 23, 2013 by christopher fisher

Today the Huffington Post published a graphic depicting total tax as a percent of various sources. This was published under a column titled “The 1 Chart That Reveals Just How Grossly Unfair The U.S. Tax System Has Become”: The author … Continue reading →

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