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RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116561792802802294
#TheInternet is #StillOn and #IT "shouldn't" be #Reduced to #TheLowestCommonDenominator of #SuitableForChildren...
We're #NotParents; don't #WantToBeParents; they're #NotOurProblem...
#So... #SortYourselvesOut...
🧙:europe:🤖:wolfparty:🤖:europe:🧙 | :fediverse:🦹:PirateBadge:🦄:PirateBadge:🦹:fediverse:
#NoAgeVerificationRequired #BeingEuropean #GeographyWorksThatWay
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Spotted this excellent book on my travels, translated into Chinese, in a Ningbo (Zhejiang province) bookstore.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl Bergstrom and @jevinwest
Publisher: CITIC Press (state-owned)
ISBN: 978-7-5217-3879-7
List price: 79 RMB ($10.77) -
Spotted this excellent book on my travels, translated into Chinese, in a Ningbo (Zhejiang province) bookstore.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl Bergstrom and @jevinwest
Publisher: CITIC Press (state-owned)
ISBN: 978-7-5217-3879-7
List price: 79 RMB ($10.77) -
Spotted this excellent book on my travels, translated into Chinese, in a Ningbo (Zhejiang province) bookstore.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl Bergstrom and @jevinwest
Publisher: CITIC Press (state-owned)
ISBN: 978-7-5217-3879-7
List price: 79 RMB ($10.77) -
Spotted this excellent book on my travels, translated into Chinese, in a Ningbo (Zhejiang province) bookstore.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl Bergstrom and @jevinwest
Publisher: CITIC Press (state-owned)
ISBN: 978-7-5217-3879-7
List price: 79 RMB ($10.77) -
Spotted this excellent book on my travels, translated into Chinese, in a Ningbo (Zhejiang province) bookstore.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl Bergstrom and @jevinwest
Publisher: CITIC Press (state-owned)
ISBN: 978-7-5217-3879-7
List price: 79 RMB ($10.77) -
@knowprose Great stab there, man!
Reblogged it with my thoughts. 😊
https://gimulnaut.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/reblog-inverted-wisdom-pyramids-of-dall-e/
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@knowprose Great stab there, man!
Reblogged it with my thoughts. 😊
https://gimulnaut.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/reblog-inverted-wisdom-pyramids-of-dall-e/
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@knowprose Great stab there, man!
Reblogged it with my thoughts. 😊
https://gimulnaut.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/reblog-inverted-wisdom-pyramids-of-dall-e/
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@knowprose Great stab there, man!
Reblogged it with my thoughts. 😊
https://gimulnaut.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/reblog-inverted-wisdom-pyramids-of-dall-e/
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@knowprose Great stab there, man!
Reblogged it with my thoughts. 😊
https://gimulnaut.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/reblog-inverted-wisdom-pyramids-of-dall-e/
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This book seems especially important and appropriate considering the era of disinformation we currently live in.
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This book seems especially important and appropriate considering the era of disinformation we currently live in.
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This book seems especially important and appropriate considering the era of disinformation we currently live in.
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This book seems especially important and appropriate considering the era of disinformation we currently live in.
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This book seems especially important and appropriate considering the era of disinformation we currently live in.
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@futurebird Has @ct_bergstrom been heard from on this? Stats IS more relevant to #CallingBullshit, which is a badly needed life skill, if not a math capstone.
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@futurebird Has @ct_bergstrom been heard from on this? Stats IS more relevant to #CallingBullshit, which is a badly needed life skill, if not a math capstone.
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@futurebird Has @ct_bergstrom been heard from on this? Stats IS more relevant to #CallingBullshit, which is a badly needed life skill, if not a math capstone.
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@futurebird Has @ct_bergstrom been heard from on this? Stats IS more relevant to #CallingBullshit, which is a badly needed life skill, if not a math capstone.
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@lauren
I prefer calling ChatGPT inaccuracies bullshitting, following the lead of
@ct_bergstrom
Coauthor of #CallingBullshit -
@lauren
I prefer calling ChatGPT inaccuracies bullshitting, following the lead of
@ct_bergstrom
Coauthor of #CallingBullshit -
@lauren
I prefer calling ChatGPT inaccuracies bullshitting, following the lead of
@ct_bergstrom
Coauthor of #CallingBullshit -
@lauren
I prefer calling ChatGPT inaccuracies bullshitting, following the lead of
@ct_bergstrom
Coauthor of #CallingBullshit -
HT @ct_bergstrom & Jevin D West for introducing #HarryFrankfurt to me reading their #CallingBullshit book:
» Frankfurt ...described #bullshit as what people create when they try to impress or persuade you, without any concern for whether what they are saying is true or false, correct or incorrect
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Frankfurt's distinction ..lies are designed to lead away from the truth; bullshit is produced with a gross indifference to the truth «
#RIP
Harry G. Frankfurt
1929 - 2023 -
HT @ct_bergstrom & Jevin D West for introducing #HarryFrankfurt to me reading their #CallingBullshit book:
» Frankfurt ...described #bullshit as what people create when they try to impress or persuade you, without any concern for whether what they are saying is true or false, correct or incorrect
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Frankfurt's distinction ..lies are designed to lead away from the truth; bullshit is produced with a gross indifference to the truth «
#RIP
Harry G. Frankfurt
1929 - 2023 -
HT @ct_bergstrom & Jevin D West for introducing #HarryFrankfurt to me reading their #CallingBullshit book:
» Frankfurt ...described #bullshit as what people create when they try to impress or persuade you, without any concern for whether what they are saying is true or false, correct or incorrect
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Frankfurt's distinction ..lies are designed to lead away from the truth; bullshit is produced with a gross indifference to the truth «
#RIP
Harry G. Frankfurt
1929 - 2023 -
HT @ct_bergstrom & Jevin D West for introducing #HarryFrankfurt to me reading their #CallingBullshit book:
» Frankfurt ...described #bullshit as what people create when they try to impress or persuade you, without any concern for whether what they are saying is true or false, correct or incorrect
..
Frankfurt's distinction ..lies are designed to lead away from the truth; bullshit is produced with a gross indifference to the truth «
#RIP
Harry G. Frankfurt
1929 - 2023 -
HT @ct_bergstrom & Jevin D West for introducing #HarryFrankfurt to me reading their #CallingBullshit book:
» Frankfurt ...described #bullshit as what people create when they try to impress or persuade you, without any concern for whether what they are saying is true or false, correct or incorrect
..
Frankfurt's distinction ..lies are designed to lead away from the truth; bullshit is produced with a gross indifference to the truth «
#RIP
Harry G. Frankfurt
1929 - 2023 -
Just finished "Calling Bullshit" - an engaging read that sheds light on the complexities of human cognition around statistics. While not a must-read, it might be worth picking up if you're a fan of authors like Taleb. #CallingBullshit
https://a.co/d/6cokzq2 -
Just finished "Calling Bullshit" - an engaging read that sheds light on the complexities of human cognition around statistics. While not a must-read, it might be worth picking up if you're a fan of authors like Taleb. #CallingBullshit
https://a.co/d/6cokzq2 -
Just finished "Calling Bullshit" - an engaging read that sheds light on the complexities of human cognition around statistics. While not a must-read, it might be worth picking up if you're a fan of authors like Taleb. #CallingBullshit
https://a.co/d/6cokzq2 -
I’m pleased to report that #CallingBullshit got better as I read it. Chapter 6 was pretty good, and mostly dealt with being a human who experiences something that’s counterintuitive statistically, like class sizes in school.
I keep thinking of #LarryGonick’s #CartoonGuideToStatistics while reading. I think this book may have benefited from a similar graphic treatment. There’s detail in footnotes that might be better in sidebars.
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I’m pleased to report that #CallingBullshit got better as I read it. Chapter 6 was pretty good, and mostly dealt with being a human who experiences something that’s counterintuitive statistically, like class sizes in school.
I keep thinking of #LarryGonick’s #CartoonGuideToStatistics while reading. I think this book may have benefited from a similar graphic treatment. There’s detail in footnotes that might be better in sidebars.
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I’m pleased to report that #CallingBullshit got better as I read it. Chapter 6 was pretty good, and mostly dealt with being a human who experiences something that’s counterintuitive statistically, like class sizes in school.
I keep thinking of #LarryGonick’s #CartoonGuideToStatistics while reading. I think this book may have benefited from a similar graphic treatment. There’s detail in footnotes that might be better in sidebars.
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I’m pleased to report that #CallingBullshit got better as I read it. Chapter 6 was pretty good, and mostly dealt with being a human who experiences something that’s counterintuitive statistically, like class sizes in school.
I keep thinking of #LarryGonick’s #CartoonGuideToStatistics while reading. I think this book may have benefited from a similar graphic treatment. There’s detail in footnotes that might be better in sidebars.
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I’m growing more and more disappointed in #CallingBullshit. Chapter 2 would have benefited from consultations with some other academics who have knowledge in the topic of social media, like #AmyBruckman, folks in the #skeptic #sceptic movement, like #StevenNovella, and research on the history and use of the #FairnessDoctine as an ineffective tool of moderation but effective tool of of suppression.
As it reads now, it’s very thin on facts and long on opinions.
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I’m growing more and more disappointed in #CallingBullshit. Chapter 2 would have benefited from consultations with some other academics who have knowledge in the topic of social media, like #AmyBruckman, folks in the #skeptic #sceptic movement, like #StevenNovella, and research on the history and use of the #FairnessDoctine as an ineffective tool of moderation but effective tool of of suppression.
As it reads now, it’s very thin on facts and long on opinions.
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I’m growing more and more disappointed in #CallingBullshit. Chapter 2 would have benefited from consultations with some other academics who have knowledge in the topic of social media, like #AmyBruckman, folks in the #skeptic #sceptic movement, like #StevenNovella, and research on the history and use of the #FairnessDoctine as an ineffective tool of moderation but effective tool of of suppression.
As it reads now, it’s very thin on facts and long on opinions.
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I’m growing more and more disappointed in #CallingBullshit. Chapter 2 would have benefited from consultations with some other academics who have knowledge in the topic of social media, like #AmyBruckman, folks in the #skeptic #sceptic movement, like #StevenNovella, and research on the history and use of the #FairnessDoctine as an ineffective tool of moderation but effective tool of of suppression.
As it reads now, it’s very thin on facts and long on opinions.
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I’m growing more and more disappointed in #CallingBullshit. Chapter 2 would have benefited from consultations with some other academics who have knowledge in the topic of social media, like #AmyBruckman, folks in the #skeptic #sceptic movement, like #StevenNovella, and research on the history and use of the #FairnessDoctine as an ineffective tool of moderation but effective tool of of suppression.
As it reads now, it’s very thin on facts and long on opinions.
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I was kinda into #CallingBullshit until the authors fundamentally misunderstood why people post their lunches on social media and started blathering nonsense about the Fairness Doctrine. I hope it gets better than this cloud yelling
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I was kinda into #CallingBullshit until the authors fundamentally misunderstood why people post their lunches on social media and started blathering nonsense about the Fairness Doctrine. I hope it gets better than this cloud yelling
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I was kinda into #CallingBullshit until the authors fundamentally misunderstood why people post their lunches on social media and started blathering nonsense about the Fairness Doctrine. I hope it gets better than this cloud yelling
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I was kinda into #CallingBullshit until the authors fundamentally misunderstood why people post their lunches on social media and started blathering nonsense about the Fairness Doctrine. I hope it gets better than this cloud yelling
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Time to get reading! 📚 Starting off with: "Calling Bullshit". 🐃 Check it out here: https://a.co/d/3EWLCyx I'm gonna be sharing a book from my backlog every day, so stay tuned! #ReadingChallenge #BookLovers #CallingBullshit
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Time to get reading! 📚 Starting off with: "Calling Bullshit". 🐃 Check it out here: https://a.co/d/3EWLCyx I'm gonna be sharing a book from my backlog every day, so stay tuned! #ReadingChallenge #BookLovers #CallingBullshit
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Time to get reading! 📚 Starting off with: "Calling Bullshit". 🐃 Check it out here: https://a.co/d/3EWLCyx I'm gonna be sharing a book from my backlog every day, so stay tuned! #ReadingChallenge #BookLovers #CallingBullshit
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@lauren
Oddly, the people who use Mastodon like Mastodon, as @lauren saysIn #CallingBullshit there is a chapter "Selection Bias", which explains this concept, book by
@ct_bergstrom and @jevinwest -
@lauren
Oddly, the people who use Mastodon like Mastodon, as @lauren saysIn #CallingBullshit there is a chapter "Selection Bias", which explains this concept, book by
@ct_bergstrom and @jevinwest -
@lauren
Oddly, the people who use Mastodon like Mastodon, as @lauren saysIn #CallingBullshit there is a chapter "Selection Bias", which explains this concept, book by
@ct_bergstrom and @jevinwest -
@lauren
Oddly, the people who use Mastodon like Mastodon, as @lauren saysIn #CallingBullshit there is a chapter "Selection Bias", which explains this concept, book by
@ct_bergstrom and @jevinwest -
Oooh!
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Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West: 9780525509202 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A...
#callingBullshit #misinformation #disinformation #skepticism #bookRecommendation
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Oooh!
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Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West: 9780525509202 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A...
#callingBullshit #misinformation #disinformation #skepticism #bookRecommendation
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Oooh!
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Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West: 9780525509202 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A...
#callingBullshit #misinformation #disinformation #skepticism #bookRecommendation
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Oooh!
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Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West: 9780525509202 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A...
#callingBullshit #misinformation #disinformation #skepticism #bookRecommendation
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Does the #USDA perform enough #salmonella testing for chickens to be statistically significant?
Slaughterhouse which processed my Thanksgiving turkey tested 23 whole chickens in 12 months
The plant processed an estimated 100,000 to 1 million pounds of meat and poultry in total each month
Very big rooster is 6 lbs, so probably lots of chickens processed
#callingbullshit
@ct_bergstrom
https://sfba.social/@kevindalley/109389948638777816
@twyspy
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Does the #USDA perform enough #salmonella testing for chickens to be statistically significant?
Slaughterhouse which processed my Thanksgiving turkey tested 23 whole chickens in 12 months
The plant processed an estimated 100,000 to 1 million pounds of meat and poultry in total each month
Very big rooster is 6 lbs, so probably lots of chickens processed
#callingbullshit
@ct_bergstrom
https://sfba.social/@kevindalley/109389948638777816
@twyspy
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In addition to my book recommendation yesterday (https://qoto.org/@bloc/109377741972697407), I'd like to share this gem, even if the original article is in German:
https://www.handelszeitung.ch/politik/klima-auto-schlagt-velo-und-ov-545475
This one is a textbook example of bullshit, although a pretty obvious one. For those not capable of the German language:
A professor of financial and economics tries to work out the numbers showing why bicycle and public transport are worse options going by car in terms of climate effects.
For public transport, he argues that even why those may be powered by green, locally generated electricity, this electricity could otherwise be provided to the power grid, therefore public transport was the reason CO2-intensive power plants could not be taken of the grid.
For bike, he compares the CO2 footprint of a 5 Liter per 100 km (app. 47 mpg) car with 4 passengers (no, this is certainly not the standard here) to the additional food intake a biker would need to handle longer travels (seriously!), which, for the calculation to carry home the point, is assumed to be almost pure beef. -
CW: Twitter discussion
@ct_bergstrom Reading #CallingBullshit, I always wondered, and this thread just confirmed, did you ever consider/try standup?