An experimental personal conceptual knowledgebase.
A blog-based commonplace book.
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06, 2012
randomized trials
randomized trials are the "gold standard" for empirical testingSource: Super [...]
25
06, 2012
statistical models best aggregated expert opinion
statistical models are more predictively accurate than (aggregated) expert opinion [...]
29
05, 2012
customers own the problem, entrepreneurs own the solution
Source: Brant Cooper, Lean Startup Basics @ Chicago Lean Startup [...]
3
05, 2010
Food = Drug
Most frequently taken
3
05, 2010
We can only create conditions for growth
Growth occurs on its own and cannot be forced, only [...]
2
02, 2010
availability bias
tendency to overestimate that which we can easily draw examples [...]
27
10, 2009
Why – What – How – Who in Recursive Policy Hierarchies
WHY: Normative (recursive parent)WHAT: Policy (current level)HOW: Procedure (recursive child)WHO: [...]
20
02, 2009
Round-trip error
Humans tend to conflate statements of the form, "no evidence [...]
20
02, 2009
Confirmation bias
Human propensity to look for evidence supporting a theory rather [...]
13
02, 2009
Narrative fallacy
Cognitive vulnerability to stories because of need to bind facts [...]