Did you read the article? It makes compelling points that shouldn't be dismissed.
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Replying to @Jasonian84
I did, and I've seen the same arguments before. It's a trash heap of special pleading and castrated versions of real issues.
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Replying to @St_Rev
Twitter's a crap medium for nuanced discussion; if you can recommend a good counterpoint to 538, going into detail, I'd appreciate it
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Replying to @Jasonian84
I'd look for good critical reviews of Weapons of Math Destruction, which this article is largely a rehash of. Don't know any offhand.
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Replying to @St_Rev @Jasonian84
A big chunk of the problem here is analogous to complaining that geometers won't develop a square triangle.
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Replying to @St_Rev @Jasonian84
Much of the underlying data is deeply unpleasant--eg, FBI Unified Crime Reports, which are extensive and easily available via the web.
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Question is reliability & fairness of data like said crime reports (not saying they're bunk, just shouldn't be accepted non-critically)
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There's plenty of room to criticize specifics. A bunch of airy just-so stories a la Malcolm Gladwell doesn't cut it, though.
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eg, the 538 article makes a half-hearted gesture at assessing the impact of false positives vs false negatives before running away.
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But that's where a serious analysis would *start*.
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TBH my argument here isn't up to my standards, I'm fighting a migraine and can't bear wading back into that article right now. Apologies.
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