A falsely negative false positive

(Two-minute read.  An eternity to apply) A few thoughts on the nature of hypothesis testing. For those who do not know or have forgotten, hypothesis testing is at the foundational core of science and, some would say, ‘truth’.  It is the discipline, the science, the craft, the art, the philosophy of experimental construction and assessment as to whether something is ‘true’ or ‘false’.    Interestingly it is impossible to prove that something is true or false1 in our physical reality; […]

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The Land of Nandynor

And and Nand and Or and Nor Carry the the bit-blue note What’s it all for? What’s it all for? Asked the owl and the cat in their pea-green boat To make a gate and find the way Said the new man in New J, said the new man in New J Build it up blow it up, do what may Catch of the day catch of the day. Up and down, in and out Here and there where and […]

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