Articles Tagged with probability

What if. . .?

Published on July 8, 2025July 7, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Counterfactuals

Asking about what might have been can be useful, but is often just a waste of time.

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Unstated assumptions

Published on December 24, 2024December 22, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Conditional probability

The assumptions you make without noticing can change the answers you get.

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A philosophical essay

Published on December 17, 2024December 16, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Many topics

A mathematical essay turns out to have much more than mathematics in it.

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A detached bit of night

Published on March 12, 2024March 10, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The solar eclipse

We remind you of an opportunity next month.

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At long intervals

Published on September 12, 2023September 11, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Building on the floodplain

The most dangerous things are those that don’t come often enough.

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What are the chances?

Published on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Some Bayesian statistics

Mathematics isn’t always counterintuitive.

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Examining the data

Published on February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

How science is done (II)

How closely can you look at your input?

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Ghosts of future theories

Published on December 3, 2018December 4, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Magnetic monopoles

We know a great deal about things that may not exist.

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A village in space

Published on July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Interstellar genetics

A recent paper contemplates a very long voyage.

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Sometimes the answer is no

Published on October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

When finding nothing is something

In science, coming up with the answer is often the easy part.

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