Swimmer963 comments on The Statistician's Fallacy - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 09 December 2013 04:48AM

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Comment author: Swimmer963 10 December 2013 06:19:36AM 6 points [-]

Excellent article. Another example of how the skill of arguing, whether it involves verbal eloquence or math/stats literacy, doesn't help and often actually harms the skill of changing your mind.

Aside: I can no longer read about cancer and cell phones without thinking of this and bursting out laughing.