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Stephen John Senn @stephensenn

CH & UK stats imposter, skier & Munroist: disappointing, humourless, confusing or disingenuous. DOI senns.uk/Declaration_Interes…

Joined September 2009
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Stephen John Senn@stephensenn
28 Apr 2021
Your inability to think statistically is what makes you lurch from unjustified premise to illogical conclusion via irrelevant data.
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Farewell, Adieu I'm off where skies are blue I hope to see you too
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If you’re going to Make America Great Again, why not consider the good old 1950s, when politicians used to worry that the actors might be Russian agents.
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Matt Cartoons@MattCartoonist
19 Feb 2025
'I cannot tell a lie, father, the cherry tree started it' My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
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@"Having a Sense of Proportion"linkedin.com/pulse/having-se… on @LinkedIn

Having a Sense of Proportion

The arguments are asymptotic but are relevant to situations where the sampling fluctuations are large enough to be of practical importance. In other words, the applications are more likely to be in...

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𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic@sib313
23 Jan 2025
Sometimes senior NHSE leaders say things that accidentally reveal the biggest reasons why they can't fix major NHS problems. This speech from Steve Powis is an example: independent.co.uk/news/uk/st… ...

‘A&Es will treat equivalent of half the population each year without reform’

Sir Stephen Powis has urged people to engage with the national conversation about the future of the health service.

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David Spiegelhalter@d_spiegel
8 Jan 2025
Really fed up with ITV News. I did a pre-recorded interview in which I expressed strong scepticism about the 'coffee only good in the morning' story. But they cut all that out, leaving me apparently supporting their credulous story. I really should not be so naive.
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Today I did a ski-tour from Nile Mile Burn to W Linton via Paties Hill
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I am thinking of trying a short ski-tour tomorrow and this makes me hopeful. Pentland Hills | Webcam near Edinburgh eastsidecottages.co.uk/pentl…
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Nine Mile Burn to Balerno #hiking #Pentlands #Scotland
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The walk today was to Dun dà Lamh.
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The 42nd Fisher Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr Charles Rotimi, Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda on 8 January in Sheffield as part of the Population Genetics Group 58 meeting. Details on the FMT website senns.uk/FisherWeb.html
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A Pronounced Mistake linkedin.com/pulse/pronounce…

A Pronounced Mistake

Narrow fabric I come from a family of ribbon makers whose business was based in Basle. In fact, ribbons were in the town of Basle before pharmaceuticals.

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Yesterday’s hike was from Torphin to Penicuik via Harbour Hill and Flotterstone #hiking #Pentlands
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28 November 1666 was the Battle of Rullion Green. I visited the site in today’s walk in The #Pentlands
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Flotterstone to Torphin #hiking #Pentlands
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Today’s hike was from Midmar to Leith. #hiking #Edinburgh
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I don’t agree with everything Henry wrote in this but it is an important contribution to the debate on utilitarianism in ethics.
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rss.org.uk/news-publication/… This is very sad news that Henry Wynn has died. He was an unforgettable character, a powerful thinker and a genial and entertaining conversationalist. He will be sadly missed.

Henry Philip Wynn, 1945–2024

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Stupid web survey by @degruyter_brill "Q20 For this next question we would like to understand what type of account is most interesting to Social Sciences researchers ..." I am not a social scientist so I don't know & I don't care but the survey won't let me proceed.
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Today’s walk was from Carlops to W Linton via Paties Hill and Mount Maw #hiking #Pentlands #Scotland
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