Regression to the Mediocre and the Tsunami of Useless Stats.
No. 1,611 Why did I watch that game last night? I said I wasn’t going to do it. But in the end, I even watched most of the commercials, none of which were funny, and most of the halftime show, which was not even mildly entertaining. Nevertheless, I found the pregame video presentation on the […]
What We Think Is and What Actually Is.
No. 1,610 Nasim Nicholas Taleb has made a career in explaining to us that some things we think we control are random and some things we think are random are really under our personal control. When we win, too often we call it skill. When we lose we call it bad luck. Of course, there […]
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