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Why Correlation Usually ≠ Causation

Gwern

"Despite this admonition, people are overconfident in claiming correlations to support favored causal interpretations and are surprised by the results of randomized experiments, suggesting that they are biased & systematically underestimate the prevalence of confounds / common-causation."

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How I Beat the Berlin Rental Market With a Python Script

Gianluca Segato

Leveraging web scraping and predictive models to find a good apartment to rent in Berlin.

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Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.?

Zan Armstrong

Unpacking how schedules and methods of birth influence the birthday timestamp in the US, featuring cool data visualizations.

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