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Sarah Jeong, The New York Times & The Problem Of Whites
I am glad the New York Times did not fire Sarah Jeong. Not only am I happy, I am thrilled. I'm hoping she is assigned the Maxine Waters beat. I'm…
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Other Practical Books On Par With Uncertainty? Reader Question
Got this email from VD. I've edited to remove any personal information and to add blog-standard style and links. I answered, and I remind all readers of the on-going claassre,…
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Uncertainty: The Soul of Models, Probability & Statistics. Chapter Abstracts
This post originally appeared right before the Uncertainty did. Now that we're 1.5 years out, it's time for a re-post. Buy it now, but it today, and buy it again…
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Vatican Zero — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
We all know the saying that history repeats itself, 'first as tragedy, second as farce'. That was Marx's take on Hegel's musings about history. Marx was particularly noting the rather…
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What Is The Probability Of COVFEFE?
From a tweet from Taleb, who informs us the following question is part of the Indian Statistical Institute examination. (5) Mr.Trump decides to post a random message on Facebook and…
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Parameters Aren’t What You Think
I was asked to comment on a post by Dan Simpson exploring the Bernstein-von Mises theorem. This post fits in with the Data Science class, a happy coincidence, and has…
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Celebrating 4th of July Makes You Republican: Harvard Profs Say So
This post originally ran 1 July 2011. The authors never responded to my offer. Democrats! I beseech thee! Do not let thy children fly the flag on the Glorious Fourth!…
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An Afternoon At The Whitney With Modern ‘Art’– Guest Post by the Blonde Bombshell
A friend of mine, an aficionado and collector of modern art, brought me to the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District. I had been to the iconic flowerpot structure of…