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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Oct 2018

    Brian Kernighan has a new book out. 🎈🎉🎊 It’s pretty amazing—it’s about number sense. It’s the stuff nobody teaches but everybody needs. Most people aren’t bad at math—they’re bad at number sense. I’d make this a required course for everyone if I could. https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14171.html …pic.twitter.com/8bAViWG2Ji

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      1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Oct 2018

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        Also I think this issue is crucial! I believe that inability to distinguish between probability models and polling margin-of-error was a historic factor in 2016. Media obsession with stats/horse-race plus presentation to a public with bad number sense.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1054760686637727746 …

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        zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
        If I had a magic-wand, I'd do away with all the horse-race coverage. All of it. So much damage from the amount of oxygen it sucks and how it shapes the coverage. Besides, it doesn't work well anymore. The models aren't capturing shifts and the polls are too non-random.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/jonathanweisman/status/1054721068869541888 …
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      1. .jlc$ (they/she)‏ @jamie_culpon 22 Oct 2018
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        I hope it isn’t too heavy, otherwise everyone between here and nyc is gonna ask where my special signed copy is :P

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      2. Shalala‏ @SanciBell 22 Oct 2018
        Replying to @zeynep @chrislhayes

        Hey Chris.....FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS TO US!!!!!!

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      3. MaryEllen‏ @EngagedPhoenix 22 Oct 2018
        Replying to @SanciBell @zeynep @chrislhayes

        All work and no play makes Chris one dimensional which is something he is not 💁

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      2. Beth Smith‏ @beleagueredst 22 Oct 2018
        Replying to @zeynep @chrislhayes

        "Nobody"? Hasn't John Allen Paulos taught this at Temple for years? #Innumerancy

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      3. Norman (((go 💉  💉 💉 or stay home))) Wilson Ⓜ️‏ @oclsc 22 Oct 2018
        Replying to @beleagueredst @zeynep @chrislhayes

        Yes, but I bet Brian does it just as well. They're both on my list of favourite writers.

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Oct 2018
        Replying to @ktheintz @chrislhayes

        Yep!

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      1. Suzanna Crage‏ @SuzannaCrage 22 Oct 2018
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        1/2 Based on the pub's info, it could complement Best's Damned Lies & Statistics, & others. (BTW: Where's the ToC?) But. I'm a sociologist who teaches quant literacy & statistical reasoning (yes, includes discussion of the meanings of numbers as a social construct).

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      2. Len Layton‏ @lenlayton 22 Oct 2018
        Replying to @zeynep

        I’ll definitely buy it if his code samples are in Python. 😀

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      3. sjh_canada‏ @sjh_canada 22 Oct 2018
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        I C what you did there.

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