statistics

Continued from the social uncertainty principle post, using the analogy of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Like virtually all of the ideas I’m describing in this series, the social uncertainty principle is a heuristic for observing ideas-in-action and overcoming fallacies that affect them. Specifically it’s a rule of thumb for working out a balance between ideas that [...]

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Continuing the previous discussion of object bias and conceptions of time… As a very rough rule of thumb I like to apply a kind of generalized version of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle: “the more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known, and conversely…” [via SEP] Applied to social and economic models, [...]

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Anyone who attended Strathroy District Collegiate Institute in the 1990′s (such majesty) and took OAC Economics with Mr. Hughes will recognize the title. I think he used to say it at least once every class. I mean, bless him for it because it stuck with me and I remind myself of it all the time. It’s [...]

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