Category Archives: Climate Change

Belief, bias and Bayes

Posted on 28/09/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Five sigma and all that

Posted on 15/09/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Self Reference

Posted on 17/07/2010 by Jon Butterworth

I guess every blogger has to blog about blogging at some point. I was on a panel of science bloggers at a talkfest organised by Alice Bell and Beck Smith last week, so it has been on my mind, and … Continue reading →

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Dreamt of in your philosophy

Posted on 16/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

I strive to retain respect for philosophy and philosophers, really I do. Some of my best friends are philosophers. I’d hate to dismiss a whole area of intellectual endeavour as a sterile playground for clever wasters creating and demolishing pointless … Continue reading →

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