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Aubrey Clayton

Aubrey Clayton is an applied mathematical researcher, lecturer, and writer. He is the child of two math teachers and the author of Bernoulli’s Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science.

The “Hot Hand” Is Not a Myth

With the NBA Finals upon us, a mathematician revisits the famous paper that claims a player's hot streak is an illusion.

June 7, 2024

How Eugenics Shaped Statistics

Exposing the damned lies of three science pioneers.

October 27, 2020

To Beat COVID-19, Think Like a Fighter Pilot

How an aerial-combat theory can help fight the outbreak.

March 18, 2020

How to Predict Extreme Weather

Climate science is forging a more perfect union between humans and machines.

November 20, 2019

The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Replication Crisis

It’s time to change the way uncertainty is quantified.

July 30, 2019

How to Improve Political Forecasts

With a better understanding of probability, we won’t be misled.

March 19, 2019