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November 2024

Empathy/Systemizing Quotient is a poor/biased model for the autism/sex link

Contrary to the theory that neurological sex differences and autism both involve the same tradeoff of systemic versus empathic thinking, I found complex…

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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August 2024

[LDSL#6] When is quantification needed, and when is it hard?

There are quite a few methods to convert rankings into numbers, such as Elo scores or item response theory. Different such methods generally yield…

Aug 13, 2024 • 

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[LDSL#5] Comparison and magnitude/diminishment

In the previous post on LDSL, I argued that an important part of causal inference is to look at the larger things. This implies a method of comparison…

Aug 12, 2024 • 

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[LDSL#4] Root cause analysis versus effect size estimation

In the conventional theory of causal inference, such as Rubin’s potential outcomes model or Pearl’s DAG approach, causality is modelled as a…

Aug 11, 2024 • 

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[LDSL#3] Information-orientation is in tension with magnitude-orientation

Let’s say you are trying to make predictions about a variable. For example, maybe you are an engineer trying to keep track of how well the servers are…

Aug 10, 2024 • 

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[LDSL#2] Latent variable models, network models, and linear diffusion of sparse lognormals

Where we last left off, I proposed that life cannot be understood through statistics, but rather requires more careful study of individual cases. Yet I…

Aug 9, 2024 • 

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[LDSL#1] Performance optimization as a metaphor for life

Response to: The omnigenic model as a metaphor for life. In computer programming, there is a tradeoff between software that is quick and easy for humans…

Aug 8, 2024 • 

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[LDSL#0] Some epistemological conundrums

When you deal with statistical science, causal inference, measurement, philosophy, rationalism, discourse, and similar, there’s some different questions…

Aug 7, 2024 • 

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April 2024

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