#pseudo-science · Louche Cannon

"A common example from product management is the ICE score, which provides a numerical evaluation of a product idea by combining impact, ease of implementation and confidence."

My kingdom for a "control" group - by Dr Nicola Guess

Mon, 20 May 2024 11:02:59 +0200

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The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy | Ars Technica

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:46:48 +0200

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Victorian Pseudoscience on a Netflix Budget: “Ancient Apocalypse” and the Paradox of Science Communication Online | The Familiar Strange

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:22:29 +0200

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The spectacular downfall of a common, useless cold medicine | Ars Technica

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:26:47 +0200

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What Your Myers-Briggs Type Says About Whether You’ll Take the Myers-Briggs Test - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Wed, 03 May 2023 20:47:19 +0200

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Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless - Vox

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:56:44 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless

The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work - The New York Times

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 20:08:16 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/business/remote-work-personality-tests.html

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Police, Prosecutors Used Junk Science to Decide 911 Callers Were Liars — ProPublica

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 07:39:20 +0200

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Science and science communication in an era of too much science | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:56:13 +0200

Bookmarked https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/03/11/science-and-science-communication-in-an-era-of-too-much-science/

these studies are designed to be “written but not read.”

The social sciences are useless. So why do we study them? Here’s a good reason: | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:27:20 +0200

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In summary: the utilitarian motivation for the natural sciences is that can make us healthier, happier, and more comfortable. The utilitarian motivation for the social sciences is they can protect us from bad social-science reasoning. It’s a lesser thing, but that’s what we’ve got, and it’s not nothing.

Astrology For Businesses – Terence Eden’s Blog

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:10:56 +0200

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Myers-Briggs

Uncovering The Secret History Of Myers-Briggs - Digg

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:38:20 +0200

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The Power of Bias in Economics Research - Ioannidis - 2017 - The Economic Journal - Wiley Online Library

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 21:51:53 +0200

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