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blagswodon A bad cup of tea and the birth of modern statistics

If I ever get to Dublin I want to see Hamilton's quaternion plaque on Brougham Bridge.

blagswodon A bad cup of tea and the birth of modern statistics

Reading the title of this article, I immediately thought of William S. Gosset, "The Guinness Brewer Who Revolutionized Statistics", earlier in the century. I am sure there are even older examples.

https://priceonomics.com/the-guinness-brewer-who-revolutioni...

blagswodon Inequality in nature and society

I guess this too is a meme?

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

blagswodon Inequality in nature and society

Free men are not equal; equal men are not free.

blagswodon Re-reading Kahneman's “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Interesting, that's the chapter that caused me to finally put the book down. The gist of it was: people not thoroughly trained in statistics aren't good at it.

This is hardly news. In fact, even highly intelligent people struggle with the Monty Hall problem, for instance.