As simple as possible but no simpler
In this political season, we are bombarded with soundbites. For example, we
Aggregation
Sloppy statistics
As hinted in the previous post, there are rare situations in which
Whither complexity?
The ever interesting Gelman blog ("Too clever by half") ponders
Points of comparison
In light of the current housing crisis, arising from mortgage defaults, I
Non-elites
From Mikhail Simkin comes some intriguing analysis of "experts"; in
On the bubble
A couple of you noticed this table of bubbles in the Times,