A blog by Cynthia Closkey
“People’s intuitions about random sampling appear to satisfy the law of small numbers, which asserts that the law of large numbers applies to small numbers as well.”
From “Belief in the Law of Small Numbers,” an article by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, quoted in Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)
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(I know it’s not very zen of me to keep this running inner monologue that consists mostly of stranger-judging and Death Wish-style fantasies. If I could learn meditation I’m sure the voices would quiet a bit. I have a number of meditation albums on my iPod. I only listen to them on the subways to drown out everyone around me. But I’ve learned that it’s important to remember how strangers are dressed and what they look like because as a Hysterical Feminist®, I believe that all men are potential rapists. As an added bonus, this enables me to follow men’s fashion trends pretty closely.)So often, the asides are the best bits. too sweet to die » Blog Archive » Y
Soon, we’ll be able to buy Stay Puft marshmallows. Perfect for making smores while telling ghost stories. Via murketing
How To Be Alone (via andyradorfman)
I’m Listening To
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