Tag: COVID-19

• Masks and Models and Making Decisions, Oh My!

  

  There are several reasons I don’t say much about “politics” and “current events” here. The main one is that I usually think I’m unqualified: I don’t know enough about whatever it is to have an opinion. I realize that’s a quaintly old-fashioned idea that doesn’t stop lots of other people these days, but I continue […]

  HAT

  April 24, 2020

  Thinking Out Loud

  confirmation bias, COVID-19, critical thinking, decision making, personal responsibility, politics, statistical modeling, whether to wear a mask

• Hospitals in Our Area Are Awesome

  

  I just saw one of those newspaper headlines that are designed to induce fear in humans, to exploit it for commercial purposes. I learned about that recently from Margo Aaron at That Seems Important, and now she is one of my heroes. So I thought I would mention this: that in our area, our local […]

  HAT

  April 9, 2020

  Thinking Out Loud

  “part of the solution”, COVID-19, serenity, truth