Global Warming, Intelligent Design, and The Null Hypothesis

In Academia, Global Warming, Politics, Religion by J Michel Metz15 Comments

You’re probably not going to read this. It’s long. It’s technical. People just don’t want to read long, technical material any more. There aren’t going to be any pretty pictures, and there will be a minimum of snark. What’s more, this is one of those posts that is going to upset a lot of people, both liberal and conservative alike. It’s …

Common Core Math: So Clever It’s Incorrect

In Academia, Philosophy by J Michel Metz2 Comments

A few months back I came across an example of a Common Core math problem that really set me off. I mean, it actually offended me. This was the key question for a 6-year-old’s math exam:   (If you’ve never seen this problem before, feel free to try to work it out before reading the Answer after the “read more” link …