tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post6852831257789056459..comments2024-03-08T00:21:56.482-08:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: Speaking of punditsCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-70536616563202775502013-07-29T09:06:46.307-07:002013-07-29T09:06:46.307-07:00My evolving views on Friedman are pretty much defi...My evolving views on Friedman are pretty much defined by the Gell-Mann effect. He gives a great interview, and is easy to read; I was a huge fan through college.<br /><br />Then I got into the working world, and started experiencing first-hand some of the things he wrote about, and realized how far-off he was, while still enjoying his columns on things I knew nothing about.<br /><br />Then as I started reading outside sources more extensively, I kind of gave up on Friedman.Independent Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14559237565237736636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-45235538159162321882013-07-27T03:40:52.756-07:002013-07-27T03:40:52.756-07:00Reminds me of the joke about the New York Times re...Reminds me of the joke about the New York Times reporting the end of the world:<br /><br />WORLD ENDS TOMORROW: WOMEN AND MINORITIES WILL BE HIT HARDESTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-53978885214185054262013-07-26T13:21:37.910-07:002013-07-26T13:21:37.910-07:00I desperately miss The Daily.I desperately miss The Daily.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-33432440329835298262013-07-26T13:21:11.514-07:002013-07-26T13:21:11.514-07:00This post is filed under "March of the Pundit...This post is filed under "<a href="http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/search/label/March%20of%20the%20pundits" rel="nofollow">March of the Pundits</a>."Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-34139754823408939412013-07-26T13:19:21.795-07:002013-07-26T13:19:21.795-07:00Terri! Thank you for posting that! I always forget...Terri! Thank you for posting that! I always forget the name -- and the thing itself!<br /><br />Tom Friedman is, at this point, neither left nor right. He is beyond the pale & off-topic in a manner that verges on the psychotic.<br /><br />Young environmentalists in Egypt.<br /><br />IN THE RUN-UP TO A COUP.<br /><br />How exactly are young environmentalists in Egypt going to win the day in the middle of a coup?<br /><br />Unless these are heavily armed and well organized young environmentalists in Egypt, they're not.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-19224648589362747262013-07-26T09:09:18.899-07:002013-07-26T09:09:18.899-07:00"On the other hand, now I have to be especial...<i>"On the other hand, now I have to be especially careful to not just constantly indulge confirmation bias."</i><br /><br />I try to read news from "the other" side. The trick is to find a *good* "other side" new source, because otherwise they look like nit-wits and this serves as confirmation bias.<br /><br />Liberal/progressive sorts might find the Wall Street Journal op-ed page useful.<br /><br />Conservative sorts might want to go for The Atlantic.<br /><br />Al-jazeera is a lot better than the *name* might suggest.<br /><br />-Mark RouloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-86903335900884126352013-07-26T04:50:03.401-07:002013-07-26T04:50:03.401-07:00Once I really absorbed the meaning of the Murray G...Once I really absorbed the meaning of the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect (and I kept seeing it happen), I had to just stop reading the paper. (Thank God for the Internet.) On the other hand, now I have to be especially careful to not just constantly indulge confirmation bias.TerriWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18200629750466604443noreply@blogger.com