Our boilerplate introduction to Andrew Gelman:
Professor Gelman Is Not Impressed By The "Nudge" People
Andrew Gelman is Professor of statistics and political science at Columbia Uni., the guy who tells the other social scientists how to get their numbers right so they can at least give the appearance of being a science. He has a very tart tongue which, combined with a high level intellect is fun to watch taking on sacred cows and shibboleths. As long as you aren't the target of said intellect and/or sharp tongue.
Here he is looking at Cass Sunstein as Sunstein's new book rolls out....
And from his trusty (and trustworthy) blog, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science, November 14:
Jeffrey Lee Funk and Gary Smith have a list of startups with $3 bllion or more in cumulative losses:
Company Founded Funds Raised Cumulative Losses Uber Technologies 2009 $25.2 billion $31.7 billion WeWork 2010 $21.9 billion $20.7 billion Teladoc Health 2002 $0.17 billion $11.2 billion Rivian Automotive 2009 $10.7 billion $11.1 billion Snap 2011 $4.9 billion $9.1 billion Lyft 2012 $4.9 billion $8.9 billion Airbnb 2008 $6.0 billion $6.0 billion Palantir Technologies 2003 $3.0 billion $5.8 billion Gingko Bioworks 2009 $0.8 billion $4.8 billion Door Dash 2013 $2.5 billion $4.6 billion Invitae 2010 $2.0 billion $4.4 billion Nutanix 2009 $1.1 billion $4.3 billion RobinHood 2013 $6.2 billion $4.2 billion Bloom Energy 2001 $0.83 billion $3.3 billion Wayfair 2002 $1.7 billion $3.0 billionFunk and Smith write:....
....MUCH MORE, the good professor's comments are priceless.
Some prior visits with Professor Gelman:
“Using Benford’s Law to Detect Bitcoin Manipulation”
“So the real scandal is: Why did anyone ever listen to this guy?”
An old favorite from 2018:
"Big Oregano Strikes Again"
I can't wait until he gets around to some of the spurious correlations propagated by the International Parsley Cartel....
