Is this art or a wasteful prank? Hat tip to Weikardzaena (via reddit) for the pic.
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Broken y-axis controversy
Stunning chart, but…
The @BW chart, & my e.g., w/o the broken axis. businessweek.com/articles/2014-… cc @junkcharts #charts http://t.co/Fr51K9Ky8c—
Abhinav Agarwal (@AbhinavWork) December 12, 2014
Read more about this little statistical dust-up here (via Justin Fox). Addendum (31 Dec. 2014): Here is another take on this controversy.
Agricultural map of Cuba (circa 1949)
Click on the map for a larger version. Hat tip to BrotherSeamus!
“Visualizing Probabilistic Proof”
Our latest theoretical paper (“Visualizing Probabilistic Proof” — click on the image above to see our abstract) has just been published in volume 7 of the Wash U Jurisprudence Review, along with an interesting Note by Krista C. McCormack titled “Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: The Benefits of Aristotelian Rhetoric in the Courtroom.” Ms McCormack, who helped us edit our proof paper, is a 3L at Wash U Law School. We wish her well!
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Law, Paradoxes
Tagged Blue Bus Problem, Proof Paradoxes
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Los Angeles Bay (circa 3014 A.D.)?
Major props to Jeffrey Linn for creating this series of future sea rise maps. Also, check out his whimsical website spatialities.com.
Arctic Ocean Umbrella
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Geminid meteor shower update
Hey, do you love meteor showers as much as we do? Via nasa.gov: “The 2014 Geminid meteor shower is forecast to be a lively meteor shower with great views in the skies over Earth. The week of Dec. 8 is a good window for Geminid-watching, but the night of Dec. 13-14 is the anticipated peak. Best viewing will be in dark sky locations, away from city lights.“
Is science a pyramid or a circle?
These images appear in Scott Alexander’s blog post “The control group is out of control.” (By the way, props to Cliff for bringing Alexander’s important post to our attention.) Back to Alexander’s post. He writes (the last ellipsis is in the original):
The highest level of the Pyramid of Scientific Evidence is meta-analysis. But a lot of meta-analyses are crap * * * How do I know it’s crap? Well, I use my personal judgment. How do I know my personal judgment is right? Well, a smart well-credentialed person like James Coyne agrees with me. How do I know James Coyne is smart? I can think of lots of cases where he’s been right before. How do I know those count? Well, John Ioannides has published a lot of studies analyzing the problems with science, and confirmed that cases like the ones Coyne talks about are pretty common. Why can I believe Ioannides’ studies? Well, there have been good meta-analyses of them. But how do I know if those meta-analyses are crap or not? Well…
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Random book dispenser
What would Borges say? Props to JiveMonkey for the pic.
prior probability 