Jared Diamond's fear of showering
I like Jared Diamond's column about the risk of dying
Variability
A no-difference conclusion arises after positive findings are explained away
The recent articles proclaiming the death of organic foods could as well
Popularizing tiny effects
I found my way to Mark Liberman's post at Language
Derman, Rodrik and the nature of statistical models
I just finished Emanuel Derman's new book, "Models Behaving
Mirror, mirror
There has been a lot of self-righteous reporting in the business press
A conspicuous absence in storm reporting
The NYT has a nice article about the challenges of predicting hurricane