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One Data Point Can Beat Big Data (behavioralscientist.org)
2 points by Brajeshwar on Oct 16, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> it’s difficult for many of us to get around the idea of deliberately leaving out data when we’re trying to make an informed decision

This is why I didn't install any of those COVID apps in the height of the Pandemic. Not because I was a coward, but I didn't want to feed into our new increasingly algorithm-powered world. Algorithms are a black box and their decision is final without any human oversight/intervention. Yuck.




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