@sunnenchien @GabrielDuquette Public discourse tends to treat both as 1) equally unacceptable and 2) unrelated. Like ignorant children.
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Replying to @St_Rev
@sunnenchien
@GabrielDuquette I think a big part of that is the awful vocabulary. Fuck, *I* can't keep I and II straight.2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@St_Rev @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette "sensitive" ok for one end - ppl understand that oversensitive means seeing things that aren't there2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10 @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette 'false positive' and 'false negative' are so much better than type I and II, why ever use latter2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@simplic10 @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette but...there should be a catchy term like 'Chesterton Fence' for the...sort of uncertainty principle1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simplic10 @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette Classical Heisenberg: (error in position) x (error in momentum) => a constant1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@simplic10 @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette there should be a name for the heuristic (false positive rate) x (false negative rate) => constant3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@St_Rev @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette the smoke detector dilemma?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10 @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette Haven't heard of that one.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev @sunnenchien@GabrielDuquette I just made it up as the name for that tradeoff!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@simplic10 @sunnenchien @GabrielDuquette It's a start. Write a blog post about it!
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