Why is the 3500 kcal per pound weight loss rule wrong?

Why is cheating wrong?

It seems so obvious that cheating is wrong that providing a justification is not a main concern: most of the research is empirical and focuses on quantification and correlations. I look at a number of reasons why cheating may be wrong: it provides an unfair advantage over other students, it hinders learning, and it is dishonest. They are unexpectedly weak (often not proving that cheating is wro...

Why is research fraud wrong?

Why Quantum Theory is Possibly Wrong

Quantum theory is a tremendously successful physical theory, but nevertheless suffers from two serious problems: the measurement problem and the problem of interpretational underdetermination. The latter, however, is largely overlooked as a genuine problem of its own. Both problems concern the doctrine of realism, but pull, quite curiously, into opposite directions. The measurement problem can ...

Why Every Theory of Luck is Wrong

There are three theories of luck in the literature, each of which tends to appeal to philosophers pursuing different concerns. These are the probability, modal, and control views. I will argue that all three theories are irreparably defective; not only are there counterexamples to each of the three theories of luck, but there are three previously undiscussed classes of counterexamples against t...

What is Bayesian statistics and why everything else is wrong

We use a single example to explain (1), the Likelihood Principle, (2) Bayesian statistics, and (3) why classical statistics cannot be used to compare hypotheses. 1. The Slater School The example and quotes used in this paper come from Annals of Radiation: The Cancer at Slater School by Paul Brodeur in The New Yorker of Dec. 7, 1992. We use the example only to make a point, not a serious analysi...