tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post5520565241800821976..comments2023-05-02T19:43:32.436+10:00Comments on Kelosophy: Miracles and StatisticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post-61100634799289800022008-10-03T04:38:00.000+10:002008-10-03T04:38:00.000+10:00The interesting thing, to me, is that one day we m...The interesting thing, to me, is that one day we may actually be able to quantify things like frame of mind such that these claims become testable. That's the problem, of course, with appeals to the paranormal: they're not testable, mostly because they either refer to beings that aren't perceptible (e.g. God) or events that happen to be objectively undetectable now (like a change in one's frame Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543293341085230171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post-28439811522900707732008-09-22T02:24:00.000+10:002008-09-22T02:24:00.000+10:00As you noted "The sooner people learn to use stats...As you noted <I>"The sooner people learn to use stats properly the better."</I> but I suppose the problem is that we use an inbuilt statistical methodology (conformational bias, etc) which is due to our evolutionary past. Through education we can break out of our bad evolutionary habits.Reasonably Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017978019081969374noreply@blogger.com