Gleb_Tsipursky comments on Open Thread, Aug. 15. - Aug 21. 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 18 August 2016 08:26:43PM *  0 points [-]

Applying probabilistic thinking to fears about terrorism in this piece for the 16th largest newspaper in the US, reaching over 320K with its printed version and over 5 million hits on its website per month. The title was chosen by the newspaper, and somewhat occludes the points. The article is written from a liberal perspective to play into the newspaper's general bent, and its main point was to convey the benefits of applying probabilistic thinking to evaluating political reality.

Edit] Updated somewhat based on conversation with James Miller [here