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File:The Omission - Type Two Errors.jpg|link=The Omission: Type Two Errors|'''''[[The Omission: Type Two Errors]]''''' is a 1976 supernatural mathematics horror film about a series of violent deaths caused by Satan which go undetected due to Type II errors.
File:I just paid for a medium hot coffee with skee-ball tokens and a few stainless ring shanks - The Postman.jpg|link=The Postman 2:  Empire of Coffee|'''''[[The Postman 2:  Empire of Coffee]]''''' is a science fiction dystopian comedy film starring Tom Petty and Kevin Costner.
File:Secret Overton Window.jpg|link=Secret Overton Window|'''''[[Secret Overton Window]]''''' is a psychological government policy analysis horror film about writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), who attempts to recover his mental health by relocating to a remote cabin, where he meets a public policy analyst (Joseph Overton) who claims that Rainey plagiarized his work.
File:The Lord of the Matrix Rings.jpg|link=The Lord of the Matrix Rings|'''''[[The Lord of the Matrix Rings]]''''' is an epic higher mathematics film about a Mathematics Enforcement Officer (Christian Bale) in a future where citizens take daily injections of powerful psychoactive drugs to suppress the solution of a non-cooperative game in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no one has anything to gain by changing only one's own strategy.
File:Runnin' Down a Modern Times.jpg|link=Runnin' Down a Modern Times|"'''[[Runnin' Down a Modern Times]]'''" is a song by Tom Petty.
File:Nash_Equilibrium_(film).jpg|link=Nash Equilibrium (film)|'''''[[Nash Equilibrium (film)|Nash Equilibrium]]''''' is a 2002 science fiction game theory film about a Mathematics Enforcement Officer (Christian Bale) in a future where citizens take daily injections of powerful psychoactive drugs to suppress the solution of a non-cooperative game in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no one has anything to gain by changing only one's own strategy.
File:Won't Back Watership Down.jpg|link=I Won't Back Watership Down|"'''[[I Won't Back Watership Down]]'''" is a song by Tom Petty and Richard Adams.
File:Sampling_bias_got_you_down_-_HAL_9000_Mental_Health_Associates.jpg|link=HAL 9000 Mental Health Associates|Sampling bias got  you down? '''[[HAL 9000 Mental Health Associates]]''' can help.


File:Look Homeward, Ulysses - No, Dad - you are conflating Joyce with Wolfe.jpg|link=Look Homeward, Ulysses|'''''[[Look Homeward, Ulysses]]''''' is an epic documentary film about the collaborative novel of the same name by James Joyce and Thomas Wolfe.
File:Look Homeward, Ulysses - No, Dad - you are conflating Joyce with Wolfe.jpg|link=Look Homeward, Ulysses|'''''[[Look Homeward, Ulysses]]''''' is an epic documentary film about the collaborative novel of the same name by James Joyce and Thomas Wolfe.
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1429570946927575042 Post] @ Twitter (22 August 2021)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value p-value] @ Wikipedia
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=9jW9G8MO4PQ P-values explained] @ YouTube
 
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* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=JMzW42zZVN0 Won't Back Down - Tom Petty] @ YouTube
 
=== Social media ===
 
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1682891525968076800 Post] @ Twitter (22 July 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1636275859995623424 Post] @ Twitter (16 March 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1544708487384547328 Post] @ Twitter (6 July 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1469325295748620301 Post] @ Twitter (10 September 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1435214827576827908 Post] @ Twitter (7 September 2021)


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Latest revision as of 18:54, 3 September 2024

Earliest known poster for The P-Value Man starring Tom Petty and David Brin.

The P-Value Man is a 1997 statistical mathematics drama film starring Tom Petty and David Brin.

In the News

  • The Omission: Type Two Errors is a 1976 supernatural mathematics horror film about a series of violent deaths caused by Satan which go undetected due to Type II errors.

    The Omission: Type Two Errors is a 1976 supernatural mathematics horror film about a series of violent deaths caused by Satan which go undetected due to Type II errors.

  • The Postman 2: Empire of Coffee is a science fiction dystopian comedy film starring Tom Petty and Kevin Costner.

    The Postman 2: Empire of Coffee is a science fiction dystopian comedy film starring Tom Petty and Kevin Costner.

  • Secret Overton Window is a psychological government policy analysis horror film about writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), who attempts to recover his mental health by relocating to a remote cabin, where he meets a public policy analyst (Joseph Overton) who claims that Rainey plagiarized his work.

    Secret Overton Window is a psychological government policy analysis horror film about writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), who attempts to recover his mental health by relocating to a remote cabin, where he meets a public policy analyst (Joseph Overton) who claims that Rainey plagiarized his work.

  • The Lord of the Matrix Rings is an epic higher mathematics film about a Mathematics Enforcement Officer (Christian Bale) in a future where citizens take daily injections of powerful psychoactive drugs to suppress the solution of a non-cooperative game in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no one has anything to gain by changing only one's own strategy.

    The Lord of the Matrix Rings is an epic higher mathematics film about a Mathematics Enforcement Officer (Christian Bale) in a future where citizens take daily injections of powerful psychoactive drugs to suppress the solution of a non-cooperative game in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no one has anything to gain by changing only one's own strategy.

  • "Runnin' Down a Modern Times" is a song by Tom Petty.

    "Runnin' Down a Modern Times" is a song by Tom Petty.

  • Nash Equilibrium is a 2002 science fiction game theory film about a Mathematics Enforcement Officer (Christian Bale) in a future where citizens take daily injections of powerful psychoactive drugs to suppress the solution of a non-cooperative game in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no one has anything to gain by changing only one's own strategy.

    Nash Equilibrium is a 2002 science fiction game theory film about a Mathematics Enforcement Officer (Christian Bale) in a future where citizens take daily injections of powerful psychoactive drugs to suppress the solution of a non-cooperative game in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no one has anything to gain by changing only one's own strategy.

  • "I Won't Back Watership Down" is a song by Tom Petty and Richard Adams.

    "I Won't Back Watership Down" is a song by Tom Petty and Richard Adams.

  • Sampling bias got you down? HAL 9000 Mental Health Associates can help.

    Sampling bias got you down? HAL 9000 Mental Health Associates can help.

  • Look Homeward, Ulysses is an epic documentary film about the collaborative novel of the same name by James Joyce and Thomas Wolfe.

    Look Homeward, Ulysses is an epic documentary film about the collaborative novel of the same name by James Joyce and Thomas Wolfe.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (22 July 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (16 March 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (6 July 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (10 September 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (7 September 2021)


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