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In the movie "Erin Brockovich", actress Julia Roberts portrayed a clerk who got energy company PG&E worried enough about a jury being scared of science they wrote her boss a giant check. Because…

Nuisance Parameters In Classification Problems: A Simple Example

These days I have been writing a chapter of a book on machine learning for physics, and in so doing I have found myself pondering on how to best explain, in very simple terms, the nocuous effect that…

Paper Does NOT Mean 88% Of All Large Freshwater Creatures Are Gone - Figure Emphasizes Impacts On Tiny Populations

These "Living Planet Index" population figures are potentially confusing if you don't know how to read them and they have lead to many mistaken media stories.It does not mean that there are 88% less…

Blade Runners Do Not Have A Competitive Advantage

Do amputee sprinters using running prostheses, or blades, have a competitive advantage?

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