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Comment on Interesting questions about the world by unkleE

unkleE — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:07:21 +0000

I trained as a mere engineer and hydrologist, so I studied statistics for only one year (though I did get a distinction – not sure how!), so what would I know? But the Bunn article quite flabbergasts me. Is statistics so unclear a discipline?

I understand Bunn to be saying that Bayesian stats goes from data and an old hypothesis to a new hypothesis, whereas frequentist stats goes from a hypothesis (or a known) to predictions about data. If that is broadly so, how can professors of statistics be so confused about it???

Or am I, in my naivety, simply missing the subtleties?

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Comment on In Defence of Macksville by lukebarnes

lukebarnes — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:19:07 +0000

I finished Feser’s book a few weeks ago, as well as his book on Aquinas. I’m might post a review if I get around to it. Spitzer’s book is on my todo list.

Comment on In Defence of Macksville by JP

JP — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:11:24 +0000

Thanks for the links Luke. Reading your blog, I think you would find those books really insightful. Both concern natural theology and how reason (Feser) and science (Spitzer) can provide support for premises in metaphysical arguments for the existence of God.

Thanks for the links to the posts. They were excellent.

I hope you can find the time to keep up your great work in the area of Fine Tuning. I could not find any other cosmologist who analyses the ‘latest’ and ‘updated’ criticisms of Fine Turning and defends it against its ‘new’ detractors like Stenger in a similarly meticulous manner as you have done.

Comment on In Defence of Macksville by JP

JP — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:50:51 +0000

Thank you for this. My apologies for being inept to find this post myself on your blog. Have you by any chance read either New Proofs for the Existence of God by Robert Spitzer or The Last Superstition by Edward Feser?

Comment on In Defence of Macksville by lukebarnes

lukebarnes — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:02:09 +0000

Here:
http://letterstonature.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/in-defence-of-the-fine-tuning-of-the-universe-for-intelligent-life/

Comment on In Defence of Macksville by JP

JP — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:58:57 +0000

Hey Luke. I’ve found your commentaries on the Fine Tuning issues to be highly valuable.

Have you by any chance composed a counter-response to Vic Stenger’s article which seeks to answer the objections you skillfully highlighted of his attempt to refute Fine Tuning arguments?

A link to Stenger’s refutation can be found here:

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1202/1202.4359.pdf

Cheers

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