Archive - Limits of Inference

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Infection is a risk factor, not a disease itself

Nov 13, 2020

A targeted testing strategy is the gold standard when screening for disease. This is the best practice for a reason.

Jan 4, 2021

being healthy means saying yes to life

Dec 11, 2020

when we look only to scientists for solutions, we will come up short

Oct 28, 2020

We still do have to learn to live with all viruses

Oct 28, 2020

why false negatives aren't as much of a problem in practice

Jan 4, 2021

what does it mean when disease incidence is uncorrelated with mortality. can you have cancer even if you will never be sick?

Jan 4, 2021

data is a great tool, some expect too much of it

May 27, 2020

how scientific reasoning and logic failed during a public health crisis

Sep 9, 2020

Whether or not a false positive is an error can depend on who you ask

Jan 4, 2021

Why do we put so much faith in a fallible process?

Apr 9, 2020

Imagine if Gmail delivered 95% of emails to the correct person’s inbox and sent the other 5% to a different person’s inbox. Or, imagine if Microsoft…

Sep 22, 2020

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