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Bayes and Blueberries; or, Say “No” to Algebra

Bob Drury December 16, AD2020 1 Comment

“Nix algebra, deaths, and vampires” was the message I received in comments on my previous essay. I am omitting the algebra from this essay. In

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Bayes’ Theorem, Vampires, and the Bible

Bob Drury November 25, AD2020 7 Comments

Can Bayes’ theorem debunk tales of vampires or books of the Bible, such as the Lucan book of Acts, identifying it as mythology as evidenced

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Probability, Chance, and the Death of Herod Antipas

Anthony S. Layne July 27, AD2018 No Comments

  When I first read Bob Drury’s article, “Bayesian Reasoning in Religious Studies”, I remarked to him tongue-in-cheek that Bayesian reasoning proves the reports of

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Bayesian Reasoning in Religious Studies

Bob Drury July 25, AD2018 4 Comments

Dr. Raphael Lataster is a university lecturer in religious studies and a strong advocate of Bayesian reasoning. His work’s central theme is the inauthenticity of

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