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Department of awful statistics - Megan McArdle - http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archive...
\/\/\/\/ ИлэВАН, Gordon Saunders, Felicia Yue and 88 other people liked this
"Every time you find yourself saying that there must be some causal relationship between two strongly correlated variables, you should go back and look at this graph"
- Bret Taylor
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- Bret Taylor
Clearly, the consumption of fresh lemons from Mexico makes people in the US better drivers.
- Brian Chang
Q.E.D.!
- Frank Jurden
Brian: in your example wouldn't lemon consumption be a third variable causing the two to be correlated? :)
- Frankie Warren
True! I forgot that lemons might be imported for purposes other than consumption. Lemon Scent Pine-Sol, perhaps.
- Brian Chang
No, you've got it backwards. The decreasing fatality rate has made it cheaper to insure truck drivers, lowering the cost of importing lemons.
- Jim Norris
On a related note, does 50 Likes on this graph mean that Bret's friend love math? Well, I guess it just means he has 11,000 followers.
- j1m
@Jim, nice.
- j1m
@Peng Given recent events re:pirates I've been predicting a reversal to the global warming trend.
- James Macgill
The problem with statistics - simplify enough, ignore enough variables and pick your measurements well, and you can get patterns where none exist. And it happens in policy making every month, I fear! MORE LEMONS!!!!!!!!!!
- Iphigenie
The Anonymous Hugging Wall for Social Facilitation & Mood Elevation - http://laughingsquid.com/the-ano...
Nick Wade, Alex Kapranoff, Daniel Dulitz and 24 other people liked this
Brilliant!
- Roy Blumenthal
Hmmm, it's like a Safe for work glory hole :|
- Jordan Brock
Ahaha, best idea ever! What about tall people and such, though?
- Sid
Aww. That's so cute :-)
- bsag
Now we're anyway in party mode: I think it's time to officially acknowledge that Papers for iPhone is well underway and will soon go in beta
Piotr Byzia, Richard Akerman, bsag and 3 other people liked this
Ninja cat comes closer while not moving! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Stephen Collins, Heidi Blanton and bsag liked this
I fear those eyes!
- Melissa Kiser
I fear that cat! It looks like one that would kill me while I'm sleeping... which is why I prefer dogs.
- Heidi Blanton
Richard Dawkins reads his hate email - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Basheera Khan, bsag, Danielle Brigida and 3 other people liked this
The importance of stupidity in scientific research -- Schwartz 121 (11): 1771 -- Journal of Cell Science - http://jcs.biologists.org/cgi...
V Mary Abraham and bsag liked this
"One of the beautiful things about science is that it allows us to bumble along, getting it wrong time after time, and feel perfectly fine as long as we learn something each time."
- Michael Kuhn
1Password iPhone App, Making Password Synching Easy - http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r...
bsag, Judi Sohn and Brian Daniel Eisenberg liked this
Top Gear has jumped the shark. It's now solely an ego trip for middle aged men with small penises.
It hasn't been the same since William Woollard left, if you ask me.
- Jules
I must agree that this season isn't that good so far.
- Brad Collins
from twhirl
And you're just realising this now? :-D
- bsag
1Password Coming Soon to an App Store Near You - http://agilewebsolutions.com/blog...
Кто здесь?, bsag, DGentry and 3 other people liked this
Twinkle iPhone App - http://www.tapulous.com/twinkle...
Кто здесь? and bsag liked this
Must be on the same server as Twitter - also currently offline :)
- Brett Kelly
Simon’s Cat in TV Dinner, Animation by Simon Tofield - http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r...
bsag, David Cook and Chuq Von Rospach liked this
Microblogging: Twitter and Other Blogging Tools - http://www.newsweek.com/id...
Zulu, bsag, Dan Shust and 2 other people liked this
welcome to the digital age
- orionstarr
New word: Xenifraude - Taking delight in Xeni Jardin's misery.
Snaggy, Eiwe Lingefors, bsag and 4 other people liked this
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