> Glen, > > > > I think your "spam" is very meaty and I hope you will keep it coming. > > > > But these words, > > > > pornographic evocation of our love for *metaphor* will only mislead us. > > … now them’s, fightin’ words! > > > > You old troll, you, > > > > Nick > "Get off my lawn!" <shakes tiny fist> (metaphorically of course)
> > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ? > Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 9:11 AM > To: FriAM <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each State? > - The New York Times > > > > I disagree, of course. >8^D I think dividing out population and area > are a misguiding distraction. The simple slopes are better. As we've > discussed ad nauseum, these "normalizers" are *also* models. And all > models are always wrong. So, for every derivation, you're stacking > wrongness upon wrongness. If you're super careful, the stacks of > wrongness *might* help you see some aspect of the situation better. > But by "super careful", I mean *professional* modeling ... something > that costs a lot of time, money, attention, and skill. > > > > Our fondness for blinky lights, bells and whistles, pornographic > evocation of our love for *metaphor* will only mislead us. Data first, > metaphor second (or better yet, never). > > > > On 5/8/20 8:03 AM, Steven A Smith wrote: > > > Very interesting view on these three counties... numbers normalized > to population count and population density are a "good start"! > > > > > > -- > > ☣ uǝlƃ > > > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- > ... .... . ... > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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