Comments on: I hate numbers http://blog-o-blog.com/05/05/2008/i-hate-numbers/ is muffin but trouble Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: robbie http://blog-o-blog.com/05/05/2008/i-hate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-575 robbie Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:21:13 +0000 http://blog-o-blog.com/?p=145#comment-575 "I spend my life in numbers. I think about Bayesian inferences to help determine my menu selections at restaurants." - that's great writing! :) “I spend my life in numbers. I think about Bayesian inferences to help determine my menu selections at restaurants.” – that’s great writing! :)

]]> By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Tuesday squibs http://blog-o-blog.com/05/05/2008/i-hate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Tuesday squibs Tue, 06 May 2008 17:56:27 +0000 http://blog-o-blog.com/?p=145#comment-466 [...] I hate numbers. The short version of Zac Echola’s latest: it’s about the connections, not the numbers. [...] [...] I hate numbers. The short version of Zac Echola’s latest: it’s about the connections, not the numbers. [...]

]]> By: Matt King http://blog-o-blog.com/05/05/2008/i-hate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Matt King Tue, 06 May 2008 12:49:10 +0000 http://blog-o-blog.com/?p=145#comment-465 This reminds me of the fatal flaw of the Moneyball/PECOTA crowd in baseball. They're people (in this broad generalization) who think looking at stats is better than watching the games to learn who's "valuable" and who isnt. The stats are fascinating and fun to talk/argue about but no substitute for humans assesing other humans through direct observation. so i guess what i'm saying is, here, here. This reminds me of the fatal flaw of the Moneyball/PECOTA crowd in baseball.

They’re people (in this broad generalization) who think looking at stats is better than watching the games to learn who’s “valuable” and who isnt.

The stats are fascinating and fun to talk/argue about but no substitute for humans assesing other humans through direct observation.

so i guess what i’m saying is, here, here.

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