tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post9136844206253601725..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Signal and the Noise Seems Better Than it IsEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-23229800505251364002013-02-03T04:48:15.208-06:002013-02-03T04:48:15.208-06:00There was some good stuff, especially the poker ch...There was some good stuff, especially the poker chapter, Tom Dwan is an interesting guy with unexpected things to say about poker. But I got suspicious with the "butterfly effect" example, that is such a chestnut of popsci books (first read about it in Chaos about 20 years ago) that it has to be wrong (butterfly effect or just margin of error?) bjdubbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-79594331763695965502013-01-31T13:49:24.990-06:002013-01-31T13:49:24.990-06:00"anything that's got a political angle, e..."anything that's got a political angle, even if it's science or anything else, is not to be believed."<br /><br />What if objective methods lead to a conclusion that has a political angle? I wouldn't go throwing away science yet. I'd say we find better methods of eliminating political bickering in economics.<br /><br />As objective methods as possible->conclusions that can be related to politics.<br /><br />Not:<br /><br />Inherent political bias in the assumptions and methods-> pseudo-scientific conclusions.<br /><br />As for the book, would you give it an overall thumbs up?InjuredEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685282771952562871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-17705509473668760952013-01-30T13:58:11.814-06:002013-01-30T13:58:11.814-06:00anything that's got a political angle, even if...anything that's got a political angle, even if it's science or anything else, is not to be believed.<br /><br />because there is always an agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-25352384915997796772013-01-29T22:18:19.147-06:002013-01-29T22:18:19.147-06:00I worked for Otto Eckstein's Data Resources (D...I worked for Otto Eckstein's Data Resources (DRI) in the early 80's selling large econometric modelling services to Fortune 500 enterprises. They all had large Econ departments forecasting everything imaginable ("product line forecasting"). It was a lot of fun with computers and statistics, even if not very valuable.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00591600917759909285noreply@blogger.com