Thoughts on belief, knowledge and faith---rational and irrational; my journey to faith, and on the "Limits of a limitless science" (to paraphrase Fr. Stanley Jaki). A discourse on the consonance of what science tells us about the world, and the dogma/teachings of the Catholic Church; you don't have to apologize for being Catholic if you're a scientist.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
New Post: "The Great Sin of the Left"
Hello all. A new post on The American Catholic: "The Great Sin of the Left," which is to make us hate them because of their lies, corruption, .... and violate the teachings of Jesus, to love our enemies (Matt 5:44).
Saturday, September 8, 2018
New Post: Faith, Decision Making and Probability III:
Bayes' Theorem and the Anthropic Principle
Hello all. New post on Catholic Stand: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability III: <br>Bayes' Theorem and the Anthropic Principle." I derive Bayes' Theorem and discuss two examples of how it is used to incorporate new knowledge into modifying probability as a measure of belief: the Monty Hall problem (the three doors with a prize and goats), and a medical test for a rare disease.
Friday, September 7, 2018
New Post: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability II: How do we interpret probability?
Hello all. Hope you're welcoming fall, and cooler weather. A new post on Catholic Stand: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability II: How do we interpret probability?" I talk about the various interpretations of probability--logical, frequentist and subjective--and how probability is conditional, based on evidence.
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