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.p034 mid-2017 FCC net neutrality, 21.7M citizen comments, most fraudulent, 500K similar comments sent at the same exact second 2017 July 19 2:57:15 pm EDT, 500K from Russia .p034 [[ https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisladd/2017/11/20/jenna-abrams-is-not-real-and-that-matters-more-than-you-think/ | Jenna Abrams Is Not Real ]] .p038 Superfluous details make lies more persuasive .p039 With nothing to say, bullshit fills space with inconsequentials .p040 persuasive (exaggerated authority) or evasive (deflect uncomfortable questions) bullshit .p040 jargon to exclude outsiders .p041 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Latour | Bruno Latour ]] [[ https://monoskop.org/images/c/c1/Latour_Bruno_Pandoras_Hope_Essays_on_the_Reality_of_Science_Studies.pdf | Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science 1999 ]] .p041 When mechanisms (machines, theories) are well established, we should still examine inputs .p042 example black box: [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_of_covariance | ANCOVA ]] Analysis of covariance .p043 Bullshit: biased input or obvious problems with output .p047 detecting felons from photos: training photos of felons are scowling, nonfelon photos are attractive .p053 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eysenck_Personality_Questionnaire | Eysenck Personality Inventory ]] .p064 Pitchers versus glasses - pitcher don't make us drink more, we order pitchers when we intend to drink more .p087 teen drivers in accidents are ×1.44 more likely to die with teen passenger, ×0.36 less likely with >35 yo passenger .p094 When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure, because people game the score .p095 Schools evaluated by student test scores teach "to the test" and memorization, not thinking .p101 "50% of scientific papers never read" false, made-up statistic; actually 50% uncited after 4 years, but perhaps read many times .p102 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Garfield | Eugene Garfield ]] founder of [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Citation_Index_Expanded | Science Citation Index ]] couldn't correct this falsehood .p106 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias | Selection bias; ]] results influenced by act of sampling . [[ | ]] [[ | ]] .p120 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox | Berkson's paradox ]] i.e. attractiveness and niceness; people rarely choose neither, so the remainder chosen correlate negatively .p125 hence Yeats: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity . the worst who lack conviction live in Mom's basement, where they are not observed .p129 .p131 .p131 .p135 .p139 .p144 .p146 .p148 .p153 .p155 .p156 .p159 .p160 .p170 .p170 .p174 .p178 .p184 .p185 .p195 .p197 .p199 .p200 .p201 .p202 .p204 .p206 .p207 .p210 .p211 .p212 .p215 .p216 .p217 .p219 .p221 .p222 .p224 .p226 .p228 .p229 .p230 .p230 .p231 .p232 .p234 .p235 .p235 .p236 .p237 .p237 .p239 .p239 .p240 .p250 .p252 .p253 .p255 .p255 .p256 .p257 .p259 .p260 .p262 .p265 .p266 .p266 .p267 .p268 .p270 .p272 .p273 .p273 .p275 .p276 .p277 .p278 .p279 .p280 .p280 .p281 .p281 .p282 .p282 .p283 .p283 .p284 .p284 .p285 .p285 .p286 .p286 .p300 .p304 .p305 |
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Carl T. Bergstrom & Jevin D. West . 2020 . BeavLib 149.73 BER
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- p029 Misinformation: false claims, not intentionally deceptive
- p029 Disinformation: deliberately spread falsehoods
p030 WhatsApp
p031 2017 Facebook admits 126M US users exposed to Russian propaganda
- p032 Firehose strategy disorients audiences. Eschew consistency, exhaust critical thinking
- p032 Purpose: advertising revenue
- p032 Teens in Macedonia earning $5000/mo, "Pope Francis Shocks the World, Endorses Trump for President"
- p034 mid-2017 FCC net neutrality, 21.7M citizen comments, most fraudulent, 500K similar comments sent at the same exact second 2017 July 19 2:57:15 pm EDT, 500K from Russia
- p038 Superfluous details make lies more persuasive
- p039 With nothing to say, bullshit fills space with inconsequentials
- p040 persuasive (exaggerated authority) or evasive (deflect uncomfortable questions) bullshit
- p040 jargon to exclude outsiders
p041 Bruno Latour Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science 1999
- p041 When mechanisms (machines, theories) are well established, we should still examine inputs
p042 example black box: ANCOVA Analysis of covariance
- p043 Bullshit: biased input or obvious problems with output
- p047 detecting felons from photos: training photos of felons are scowling, nonfelon photos are attractive
- p064 Pitchers versus glasses - pitcher don't make us drink more, we order pitchers when we intend to drink more
p087 teen drivers in accidents are ×1.44 more likely to die with teen passenger, ×0.36 less likely with >35 yo passenger
- p094 When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure, because people game the score
- p095 Schools evaluated by student test scores teach "to the test" and memorization, not thinking
- p101 "50% of scientific papers never read" false, made-up statistic; actually 50% uncited after 4 years, but perhaps read many times
p102 Eugene Garfield founder of Science Citation Index couldn't correct this falsehood
p106 Selection bias; results influenced by act of sampling
p120 Berkson's paradox i.e. attractiveness and niceness; people rarely choose neither, so the remainder chosen correlate negatively
- p125 hence Yeats: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity
- the worst who lack conviction live in Mom's basement, where they are not observed
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