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Everything Is Correlated

Anthology of sociology, statistical, or psychological papers discussing the observation that all real-world variables have non-zero correlations and the implications for statistical theory such as ‘null hypothesis testing’.

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Aug 8, 2022

"No More 'Insight Porn'", Jakob Greenfeld (https://jakobgreenfeld.com/insight-porn).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32384613

#InsightPorn #SelfHelp #VacuousAdvice #HollowAdvice #Fluff #Productivity #LifeHacks #FalseInsights #Reading #ActionableAdvice #Heuristic #Charlatans

⭐️ No more Insight Porn

If you’re not getting something actionable out of it, you’re probably wasting your time

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Mar 1, 2022

True:

“Beware What Sounds Insightful” [2019], Commonplace (https://commoncog.com/blog/beware-what-sounds-insightful/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30499931

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Beware What Sounds Insightful

Why the Internet has driven writing to sound ever more insightful, how writers accomplish this, and what to do about it.

Commonplace - The Commoncog Blog