by Beth Alderman | Oct 12, 2020 | General
“When you believe in things you don’t understand, you suffer / Superstition ain’t the way.” – Stevie Wonder in “Superstition” Briefly, scientism is worshipping the tools and trappings of science—in short, the idolatry of the Trojan Horse, the golden calf, or...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 12, 2020 | General
“Many at Restart described it as a vicious cycle of depression and screen-enabled dopamine feedback loops.” – Charlie Warzl in “Inside How A 12-Step Recovery Program For Social Media Addiction Works” Buzzfeed News It’s amazing how much we late moderns love...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 3, 2020 | General
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein In teaching statistics and statistical analysis, we introduce a number of assumptions that tend to take on a life of their own. Events are random or can be treated as such. If...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 3, 2020 | General
“Knowledge of perception and ignorance about decision theory both contributed to a large step forward in our research.” – Daniel Kahneman The body—miracle that it is—can do some things but not others. For this reason, whatever misfortunes may befall the body,...
by Beth Alderman | Sep 27, 2020 | General
“The main reason that decision theorists study simple gambles is that this is what other decision theorists do.” – Daniel Kahneman All diagnoses are clinical. Despite late modern efforts to systemize medicine as an industrial or IT product, medicine remains a...
