Month: July 2018

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“Your data keeps lifting me Haier and Haier”

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With an apologetic nod to Jackie Wilson, whose song and adjusted lyrics above gave me so much enjoyment in high school, I present links to two articles “reporting” on what FBI Director Christopher Wray said this week about foreign agents and cyber attacks.  Wray was speaking at the Aspen Security Conference.  Incidentally, the byline date for both articles is July 19, 2018. The first from HuffPost: A Huff and a Puff! The second, comes from the Business Insider Australia: Aussie Bizz If you need an Etch-A-Sketch to draw your conclusion about the point, I am afraid you missed it. Continue reading “Your data keeps lifting me Haier and Haier”

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When Bad Science is Good Politics

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When I was in Junior High School in the U.S. and 12 years old, our science teacher had us memorize the steps taken in the scientific method. Not being able to recall those steps exactly, since the memorization effort has not performed well over time, I found the updated version above that generally fits all scientific endeavours from lab science (biology, medicine, physics, psychology) and controlled conditions, to earth science and astronomy.  In fact, it has a multiplicity of uses as I will try to establish later. As noted, this list can be used for just about any type of … Continue reading When Bad Science is Good Politics