Air Conditioning & COVID-19

Potential interaction effects make modeling associations harder.

College & Intellectual Culture

A huge thing college did for me was make me aware intellectual culture exists. 

Are Prisons Obselete?

Angela Davis's case for abolishing prisons is worth taking seriously.

Simplest Critique of The Book of Why

A causal diagram approach may just shift where the questionable assumptions lie.

Slate Star Codex Props

I've gotten many insights from Slate Star Codex. (Scott Alexander deleted his blog to prevent a New York Times reporter from revealing his name.)

Sontag on Camp

I finally have a decent understanding of what 'camp' is.

Abolition Over Reform

I align more closely with #8toabolition than #8cantwait.

Collider Bias

There are more complicated correlations that don't equal causation, such as collider bias. (I learned this reading chapters 4-6 of The Book of Why.)

'Neutral' Laws Favor Cops

The critical race theorist's claim that neutral laws are biased in favor of the powerful applies especially to cops.