Fallows's reporting on the election has been thoughtful & detailed: http://www.theatlantic.com/author/james-fallows/ … Not the usual punditry https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/746736269414248448 …
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
Seems like he's saying "Statistics on ppl's views of immigration must be wrong, bc I have anecdotes that contradict them"
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
...will find "Americans responding the way your best idea of America would suggest: inclusive, embracing, etc."
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Replying to @juliagalef
I didn't read it as a general argument. Agree with you that it would have been strengthened by a strong qualifying caveat.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @juliagalef
This reminds me of an Amazon leadership principle I like: "be skeptical when anecdote and data differ."
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I read Fallows as expressing that skepticism.
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(Upon checking original, looks like I didn't get it exactly right: https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/p34qgjcv93n37yd ….)
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Replying to @patrickc @michael_nielsen
Some of my best quotes are mis-rememberings of other people's quotes :)
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