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About pjwescott

Retired Civil Engineer; Retired Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) Major; Church Organist

“We’re all Gonna Die!” – Not

Posted on September 24, 2020 by pjwescott

Links to COVID information based upon CDC numbers: https://tinyurl.com/y3offg5q Short take: If you catch COVID and are healthy, your chances of dying are practically zero. https://tinyurl.com/y24p9xq6 Short take: Excess deaths from natural causes (COVID being one) are well below historic … Continue reading →

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Facts are stubborn things; statistics are more pliable (M. Twain)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by pjwescott

To get a sense of how “science” can get any result one wants if the problem’s supposed cause-effect is poorly-understood, sufficiently obscure or tiny (e.g., epidemiology, social sciences, climate), watch this (52 minute) video about statistics: Briggs Seminar  

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