Thaaaat's Numberwang

"Number occupies a strategic position in this conflict, because it is simultaneously the most generalized basis of thought and that which demands most abruptly the question of its being." — Alain Badiou See also Mitchell & Webb's "Numberwang" sketch. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6698350-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} window._idl = {}; _idl.variant = "banner"; (function() { var idl = document.createElement('script'); idl.type = 'text/javascript'; idl.async = true; idl.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://') + 'members.internetdefenseleague.org/include/?url=' + (_idl.url || '') + '&campaign=' + (_idl.campaign || '') + '&variant=' + (_idl.variant || 'banner'); document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(idl); })();

[numberwang]

Number as the most primitive element of order in the human mind. An archetype of order which has become conscious.

[catgirltitties]

this guy just raps numbers

[numberwang]

I want to read longform journalism about the role of spreadsheets in the downfall of Intel and Boeing. (via https://www.pcmag.com/archive/the-30th-anniversary-of-the-no-good-spreadsheet-app-235938)

[numberwang]

[atencio-deactivated20230420]

My god. It’s full of Numberwang.

[numberwang]

“[People] who are otherwise very good at math may totally flunk a problem that they would otherwise probably be able to solve, simply because giving the right answer goes against their political beliefs.” — The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever

[dvdp]

[numberwang]

“the opponents of austerity have won a decisive intellectual victory, and it has made no difference — When Good Things Happen to Bad Ideas

More:

it was kind of a real-world example of Simon Wren-Lewis’s thought experiment of shutting half the economy down — or in this case more like shutting a few percent of the economy down — then starting it up again, and hailing the resulting growth as a policy triumph

via dvdp

[capnskull]

monopoly is a weird word eh? MONO = one POLY = many

a one many

[fakenewsjunkie]

[laurenonizzle]

[numberwang]

“At one point they set cell L51 equal to AVERAGE(L30:L44) when the correct procuedure was AVERAGE(L30:L49). By typing wrong, they accidentally left Denmark, Canada, Belgium, Austria, and Australia out of the average. — Is The Reinhart-Rogoff Result Based On A Simple Spreadsheet Error?

but:

The fact that Reinhart/Rogoff was widely cited despite its huge obvious theoretical problems leads me to confidently predict that the existence of equally huge, albeit more subtle, empirical problems won't change anything either.

via bestrooftalkever

[namtaf]

[numberwang]

“The bigger potential flaw with Chief Justice Roberts’s argument is not with the statistics he cites but with the conclusion he draws from them” — In Supreme Court Debate on Voting Rights Act, a Dubious Use of Statistics

[numberwang]

Dell has spent more on stock buybacks than it has made in profit over its entire existence.

[numberwang]

Further, this bias was only found among people with degrees from areas outside mathematics, science and technology. Presumably lack of mathematical skills renders difficult own critical evaluation of meaningless mathematics.

[numberwang]

WSJ chart on growth leaves off entire Bush presidency. http://t.co/AKbO2ThI http://t.co/iIufMunw

[numberwang]

The Truth About Dishonesty

If you are cheating a lot, you need the capacity to open a new page...should we create opportunities for bankers, for example, to ask for forgiveness from time to time?

[nevver]

No

[numberwang]

“Several local governments on the coast have passed resolutions against sea-level rise policies. — Coastal N.C. counties fighting sea-level rise prediction

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They circulated a bill that authorizes only the coastal commission to calculate how fast the sea is rising. It said the calculations must be based only on historic trends – leaving out the accelerated rise that climate scientists widely expect this century if warming increases and glaciers melt.

[numberwang]