“Who’s that crossing my bridge!”
“tiz I, the littlest Billy Goat Gruff!” Nick From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steven A Smith Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each State? - The New York Times 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] <mailto:[email protected]> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ? Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 9:11 AM To: FriAM <mailto:[email protected]> <[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> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> 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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