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How Probability Is Perceived . . .

I ran across this explanation of Probability as seen by different professions at Sam Wang’s Princeton Consortium and tracked it down to Ben Orin’s Math with Bad Drawings blog. A…

The contrarian addiction

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

It’s The Process, Stupid

…institutional competence and independent expertise remain primary considerations. Meanwhile, Supreme Court appointments have evolved into long-range ideological warfare. The Court, designed as an independent constitutional arbiter, is now widely perceived

Sour Grapes

…petition arguing against confirmation of someone who was likely to be incredibly powerful. I suspect this is unprecedented event 3. This means that the perceived legitimacy of the Supreme Court…