# political science (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 12 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover political science. Page: Feed: --- ## [Survey Statistics: more on SynthMargins and Bayes-Raking](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/25/survey-statistics-more-on-synthmargins-and-bayes-raking/) _2026-08-25 · shira · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Last week we discussed SynthMargins, a method from the poster Modeling Complex Contingency Tables that uses partial information (margins) about poststratification variables. On theme for this series (“it is the people”), the authors commented thanking Andrew for introducing them, folks … Continue reading → ## [Bayesian Workflow free pdf!](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/25/bayesian-workflow-free-pdf/) _2026-08-25 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Our wonderful new Bayesian Workflow book is now available as a free pdf! Just go the link—it’s right there! I recommend getting the hard copy too because you’ll want to be able to read it while working on the computer, … Continue reading → ## [What contributions can academic statisticians make to sports analytics? (a discussion related to the launch of the new open-access Journal of Statistics and Data Science in Sports)](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/24/journal-of-statistics-and-data-science-in-sports/) _2026-08-24 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Related to our recent post on the absurdity of open access fees, somebody recently informed me that a group of statisticians that work in sports decided they were sick and tired of this with the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in … Continue reading → ## [Head to head on 125 St: The Jamaican beef patty battle!](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/23/head-to-head-on-125-st-the-jamaican-beef-patty-battle/) _2026-08-23 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ My new posts here have a one-year waiting list, but I’m bumping this one up because it’s important. OK, we went on over and did a head-to-head Jamaican beef patty taste-off. As the above wrappers indicate, we compared the spicy … Continue reading → ## [To the three different people who sent me chatbot emails today](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/23/to-the-three-people-who-sent-me-chatbot-emails-today/) _2026-08-23 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Just send me your goddamn prompt. ## [Failing upward, Norwegian style](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/23/failing-upward-norwegian-style/) _2026-08-23 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Wendy Moore, in a review of a book by Oliver Basciano, writes: Leprosy is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae, first identified by a Norwegian doctor, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, in 1873 . . . Convinced, wrongly, that leprosy was hereditary, … Continue reading → ## [Gender Differences](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/gender-differences.html) _2026-08-22 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I discuss gender differences . Gundeslioglu, H., Gray, K.M., Hewitt, O.M. et al. Are There Sex or Gender Differences in Autistic Characteristics? An Umbrella Systematic Review. J Autism Dev Disord (2026) . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-07484-0 .' Abstract Purpose The aim of this umbrella systematic review was to synthesise evidence about sex/gender differences in… ## [This is one of the worst scientific papers I’ve ever seen.](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/22/this-is-one-of-the-worst-scientific-papers-ive-ever-seen/) _2026-08-22 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ A frequent commenter pointed me to this paper, “Sport and longevity: an observational study of international athletes.” All I can say is . . . Wow! This paper is an absolute clinic in bad quantitative social science research. I’ll leave … Continue reading → ## [Time is a Weapon](https://musgrave.substack.com/p/time-is-a-weapon) _2026-08-22 · Paul Musgrave · Systematic Hatreds_ Tehran and Ottawa can read a calendar, too ## [2,777 Measles Cases](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/2777-measles-cases.html) _2026-08-21 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I analyze the myth that vaccines cause autism . This bogus idea can hurt people by allowing diseases to spread . Examples include measles , COVID , flu , and polio . A top antivaxxer is HHS Secretary RFK Jr . He is part of the " Disinformation Dozen ." He helped cause a deadly 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa . Since Trump took office in 2025, the U.S. has recorded more… ## [ThreatCrush on GitHub (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wABbjlilctxG) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ View the ThreatCrush listing on the GitHub Marketplace. ## [Does reflective patriotism depend on a positive assessment of one’s country’s history?](https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36146) _2026-08-21 · Peter · Peter Levine_ The Educating for American Democracy roadmap asks all educators (and policymakers–and perhaps students) to address this challenge: “How can we offer an account of U.S. constitutional democracy that is simultaneously honest about the wrongs of the past without falling into cynicism, and appreciative of the founding of the United States without tipping into adulation?” I \[…\] ## [Here are the talks from StanCon 2026!](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/21/here-are-the-talks-from-stancon-2026/) _2026-08-21 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ StanCon 2026 just happened! And here are the talks: Matthew Kay Adrian Seyboldt Paul-Christian Bürkner Charles Margossian Javier Enrique Aguilar Sean Pinkney Nikolas Siccha Anna Dreber Kaitlyn Johnson Jonas Wallin Pranav Sanke Anna Elisabeth Riha Colling Cademartori Tim M. Szweczyk … Continue reading → ## [My answer is No.](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/20/my-answer-is-no/) _2026-08-21 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ It would be great to have 35% more citations and over 5 times as many downloads, but I’d rather have 2,740 Jamaican beef patties. P.S. Here’s the article in question: The ladder of abstraction in statistical graphics. I absolutely love … Continue reading → ## [One night in Uzbekistan: Why was this one data point so influential, and what should these researchers had done ahead of time to see this?](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/20/we-couldnt-reproduce-their-findings-and-realized-that-it-was-all-driven-by-weird-data-from-uzbekistan/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Sol Hsiang writes: We have a comment coming out in Nature next week that is going to cause the retraction of a high-profile paper by Kotz et al. from last year (the second most cited climate paper in the news … Continue reading → ## [Assault on Integration](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/assault-on-integration.html) _2026-08-20 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I discuss court cases involving the civil rights of people with autism and other disabilities . Trump does not care . He despises people with disabilities . His head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division is a political hack who uses the r-word as a slur . Last week , the Department of Justice quietly released a memo pertaining to the landmark 1999 disability civil rights… ## [Why I am so against volunteering in academia (ecology-edition)](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/19/why-i-am-so-against-volunteering-in-academia-ecology-edition/) _2026-08-19 · Lizzie · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ This post is by Lizzie. The photo is from this summer and included for no other reason than because I like a photo with a post. A few months ago I wrote a post where I compared the toxic culture … Continue reading → ## [Kinda Like OJ's Search for "the Real Killers"](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/kinda-like-ojs-search-for-real-killers.html) _2026-08-19 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I discuss various ideas about what causes the condition . Dozens of potential causes and correlates have been the subject of scientific and medical research. I have counted at least 48 . Amanda Seitz and Stephanie Armour at CBS : President Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the… ## [What does it mean when different articles published by different people on the same topic have nearly identical titles? (“A novel nutritional supplement reduces postprandial glucose response in healthy individuals in a randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical study”)](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/19/wh/) _2026-08-19 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Sanjeev Sripathi writes: I came across a firm that seems to be offering a miracle product – https://letsmoderate.com/products/sugar-slayer . Their claim is that ingesting it hammers your post-meal blood sugar spike down by 40%, and they have multiple studies to … Continue reading → ## [Update on a regression discontinuity dispute: some asynchronous collaboration](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/18/update-on-a-regression-discontinuity-dispute-some-asynchronous-collaboration/) _2026-08-19 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Anjali Thomas writes: I am writing to share a paper which is a re-examination of my 2018 AJPS article entitled “Targeting Ordinary Voters or Political Elites” which was previously discussed on this blog here. The paper, written in the spirit of … Continue reading → ## [Survey Statistics: Modeling Complex Contingency Tables](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/18/survey-statistics-modeling-complex-contingency-tables/) _2026-08-18 · shira · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Andrew looped me into an email thread with folks working on poststratification with partial population information. (He knew I’d be interested, see “poststratification without population level information”.) They pointed to work by Max Goplerud, Shiro Kuriwaki, Jens Wiederspohn, Adam Conner-Sax, … Continue reading → ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J813YJBtX85A) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [The improvement in political analysis in the past 25 years, as demonstrated by excellent demonstrations of statistical workflow from Elliott Morris, Nate Silver, and Eli Mckown-Dawson](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/18/modern-day-political-analysis-excellent-demonstrations-of-statistical-workflow-from-elliott-morris-nate-silver-and-eli-mckown-dawson/) _2026-08-18 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ As with baseball, football, and basketball (and I’m sure other sports too), the standard of political analytics is just so much higher than it was, decades ago. I was talking with Gustavo just the other day about Red State Blue … Continue reading → ## [Vaccine Exemptions](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/vaccine-exemptions.html) _2026-08-18 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I analyze the myth that vaccines cause autism . This bogus idea can hurt people by allowing diseases to spread . Examples include measles , COVID , flu , and polio . A top antivaxxer is HHS Secretary RFK Jr . He is part of the " Disinformation Dozen ." He helped cause a deadly 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa . Since Trump took office in 2025, the U.S. has recorded more… ## [Jamaican me crazy yet again](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/17/jamaican-me-crazy-yet-again/) _2026-08-18 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Regular blog readers will remember Golden Krust, source of our standard unit of currency. (Sorry, Peter Thiel, we don’t take bitcoin.) The above picture is kinda blurry but it gives you a sense of the neighborhood. But here’s the big … Continue reading → ## [on translation as spiritual practice](https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36072) _2026-08-17 · Peter · Peter Levine_ “The feeling that the world is a bounded whole–that is the mystical.” — Wittgenstein The Spanish word quedar can be translated as to remain, to stay, to meet, to fit, to suit (as in Ese color te queda bien), to be located, to end up, to agree, or to be left with (as in Me \[…\] ## [Frequentism for Bayesians: He wants to teach frequentist methods to engineering students with a strong Bayesian background](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/17/he-wants-to-teach-frequentist-methods-to-engineering-students-with-a-strong-bayesian-background/) _2026-08-17 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Beyond the teaching question, this is an interesting topic on its own: thinking about classical statistical ideas of point estimation, hypothesis testing, and uncertainty quantification, but taking Bayesian methods as a starting point. The idea is that, instead of structuring … Continue reading → ## [Special Ed Complaints in the States](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/special-ed-complaints-in-states.html) _2026-08-17 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I write about social services , special education, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act . Kara Adundel at K-12 Dive : State education agencies saw a 46% jump in the number of written state complaints in special education during the 2025-26 school year compared to the year before, according to new survey responses from 31 states. The self-reported survey… ## [The Literature on Autism and Employment](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/the-literature-on-autism-and-employment.html) _2026-08-16 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I discus s the employment of people on the autism spectrum . Binsfeld, C.R., Grubba, L.S., Schmidt, C. et al. Employment of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Integrative Review of Barriers and Facilitators. J Autism Dev Disord (2026 ). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-07467-1 Abstract Purpose This study aimed to synthesize the international literature on the… ## [“How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?”](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/16/how-can-america-be-so-miserable-when-its-so-rich/) _2026-08-16 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ The above is the title of a recent a newspaper op-ed (pdf here) by columnist David French. He’s asking a good question! My quick take is that there are four things going on: 1. People want improvement. If you’re at … Continue reading → ## [Efficient Service Delivery Models for Diagnostic Assessment](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/efficient-service-delivery-models-for.html) _2026-08-15 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I discuss evaluation and diagnosis . de Marchena, A., Wieckowski, A. T., Freedman, B., Shea, L., Locke, J., Cronholm, P. F., Leff, S. S., Vivanti, G., & Robins, D. L. (2026). From Waiting to Action: Why the Autism Field Must Embrace Efficient Service Delivery Models for Diagnostic Assessment. Autism, 0(0) . Abstract Waiting lists for an autism evaluation delay timely… ## [Inbox zero. Bloglag 365.](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/15/inbox-zero-bloglag-365/) _2026-08-15 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ With some sustained effort, I cleaned out my entire inbox! Now I’m ready to do research again. Actually, cleaning out the inbox entailed doing a lot of research and writing, lots of interesting things I’d put off for a while. … Continue reading → ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dxmWMMsSChaH) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Mid-August Measles](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/in-politics-of-autism-i-analyze-myth.html) _2026-08-14 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I analyze the myth that vaccines cause autism . This bogus idea can hurt people by allowing diseases to spread . Examples include measles , COVID , flu , and polio . A top antivaxxer is HHS Secretary RFK Jr . He is part of the " Disinformation Dozen ." He helped cause a deadly 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa . Since President Trump took office in 2025, the U.S. has… ## [“Q collar” promoters have no shame, advertising their discredited research on social media using lying, cheating chatbots](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/14/q-collar-promoters-have-no-shame-advertising-their-discredited-research-on-social-media-using-lying-cheating-chatbots/) _2026-08-14 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ In a distressing update to an already distressing story, James Smoliga writes: Q-collar is ramping up its fall sports campaign. Lots of buzz on Facebook, with misleading comments from the company, new ways of spinning the FDA disclaimers, and plenty … Continue reading → ## [Answering some questions about statistics from a high school student](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/13/answering-some-questions-about-statistics-from-a-high-school-student/) _2026-08-13 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ This came in the mail: My name is \*\* and I am a junior at \*\* High School. I am writing to you as a part of a summer assignment for my upcoming research class where I had to choose … Continue reading → ## [7 1/2 Schools—mistakes were made](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/13/7-1-2-schools-mistakes-were-made/) _2026-08-13 · Bob Carpenter · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Mitzi Morris sends along the paper trail (I love archaic idioms) for her data spelunking in advance of her all-day introductory Stan tutorial next week at StanCon (we’ll see you in Uppsala). She was trying to reproduce the results from … Continue reading → ## [Universities Must Start Graduating More Good Citizens, by Anna Saavedra and Peter Levine](https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36069) _2026-08-13 · Peter · Peter Levine_ This post is by Anna Saavedra, Director of the Center for Civic Society at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service, and me. I am currently a Nonresident Senior Scholar at the Schaeffer Institute as well as the Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship Public Affairs at Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College \[ \] ## [Lots of detail on the continuing “Q collar” scandal and why we should probably be doing more coverage of that sort of science-adjacent medical scams and less on repulsively self-promoting but ultimately less harmful academic grifters.](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/13/we-should-probably-be-doing-more-coverage-of-science-adjacent-medical-scams-like-the-q-collar-and-less-on-repulsively-self-promoting-but-ultimately-less-harmful-academic-grifters/) _2026-08-13 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ The Q collar, I hope you don’t remember, is a neck accessory that is advertised as “proven” to protect athletes’ brains, but the studies purporting to offer this proof are suspect. This is an interesting example of science-adjacent incompetence or … Continue reading → ## [Leucovorin Spike](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/leucovorin-spike.html) _2026-08-13 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ A number o f posts discussed Trump 's support for dubious notion s about autism . The history of autism "cures" is a history of dashed hopes and frequent danger A release from the University of Michigan: Leucovorin prescriptions for children spiked after federal officials claimed the drug was an effective treatment for autism during a September 2025 press conference, according to a new Michigan… ## [Bayesian computation meeting in France in May, 2027](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/12/bayesian-computation-meeting-in-france-in-may-2027/) _2026-08-12 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ OK, this one’s time constrained so I’ll post it right away, not on the usual lag. Christian Robert points to this conference announcement: We invite proposals for the BayesComp 2027 mirror event in Aussois, France, that will take place on … Continue reading → ## [Ending the Subminimum Wage Does Not Have Adverse Employment Effects](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/ending-subminimum-wage-does-not.html) _2026-08-12 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ Michelle Yin, Regina Seo, Hoa Vu, The labor market effects of subminimum wage elimination: Evidence from a national analysis, Labour Economics, Volume 100, 2026, 102884, ISSN 0927-5371 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2026.102884. Highlights First national quasi-experimental analysis of subminimum wage elimination for PWD. Elimination reduced 14(c) employment by around 2000 workers per state… ## [Who were “The Makers of Public Policy” in 1965?](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/12/who-were-the-makers-of-public-policy-in-1965/) _2026-08-12 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ I was in the Playroom the other day and noticed this book on the shelf, The Makers of Public Policy, by R. J. Monsen and M. W. Cannon, copyright 1965. Here’s the table of contents: It’s interesting to see here … Continue reading → ## [Survey Statistics: wanting workflow](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/11/survey-statistics-wanting-workflow/) _2026-08-11 · shira · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Last week Andrew commented that we need a more transparent workflow for survey statistics. So I looked in the new Bayesian Workflow book: Chapter 19 “Building up to a hierarchical model: Coronavirus testing” is a case study about a 2020 … Continue reading → ## [Computer scientists today are in the position of economists in the early 2000s and Freudian psychiatrists in the 1950s](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/11/computer-scientists-today-are-like-economists-in-the-early-2000s-and-freudian-psychiatrists-in-the-1950s/) _2026-08-11 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Regular readers of this blog will trace my short career as a Freud expert to a post from 2012, Economics now = Freudian psychology in the 1950s: More on the incoherence of “economics exceptionalism”. But recently I thought we need … Continue reading → ## [Trump Lies About Vaccines (Again)](https://www.autismpolicyblog.com/2026/08/trump-lies-about-vaccines-again.html) _2026-08-11 · Unknown · Autism Policy and Politics_ In The Politics of Autism , I analyze the myth that vaccines cause autism . This bogus idea can hurt people by llowing diseases to spread . Examples include measles , COVID , flu , and polio . A number of posts discussed Trump 's support for the discredited notion . Daniel Dale at CNN : President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims about vaccines and autism on Monday. Trump has… ## [a civic common reading program](https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36044) _2026-08-10 · Peter · Peter Levine_ In the Alliance for Civics in the Academy, we say: Civic education should be a shared intellectual activity, grounded in texts, aimed at building a practical capacity for listening to and acting together with others, including those of differing beliefs. I believe that citizenship or civic engagement is about more than texts and spoken words. \[ \] ## [I recommend this book on Applied Regression and Causal Inference](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/10/i-recommend-this-book-on-applied-regression-and-causal-inference/) _2026-08-10 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ This post offers two recommendations and a story. First, the recommendations. • Here’s the book referred to in the title of the post. I highly recommend it! My only regret is that we didn’t call it Applied Regression and Causal … Continue reading → ## [The 2026 midterms have a missing-electorate problem](https://misofact.substack.com/p/the-2026-midterms-have-a-missing) _2026-08-10 · Mischiefs of Faction · Mischiefs of Faction_ Before asking who will show up in November, ask who is still in the pool ## [People keep sending me AI slop that they want me to post on the blog.](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/09/people-keep-sending-me-ai-slop-that-they-want-me-to-post-on-the-blog/) _2026-08-10 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ I don’t get it. Instead of sending me the chatbot output, just send me your goddamn prompt. Cut out the middleman. ## [“Sane-washing”](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/09/sane-washing/) _2026-08-09 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ After quoting Donald Trump at a political rally with Robert Kennedy Jr., That is why today I am repeating my pledge to establish a panel of top experts, working with Bobby, to investigate what is causing the decades-long increase in … Continue reading → ## [“Denial, when you are not part of it, is actually a terrifying thing. One watches one’s fellow humans doing things that will damage themselves, while being wholly unable to help.”](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/08/denial-when-you-are-not-part-of-it-is-actually-a-terrifying-thing-one-watches-ones-fellow-humans-doing-things-that-will-damage-themselves-while-being-wholly-unable-to-help/) _2026-08-08 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Picking up a thread from awhile ago, another item from my review of that Daniel Davies book: Davies writes, “Denial, when you are not part of it, is actually a terrifying thing. One watches one’s fellow humans doing things that … Continue reading → ## ["Lions and Scavengers" (Book Review)](https://www.griffinmajor.com/lions-and-scavengers-book-review/) _2026-08-08 · Griffin · Griffin's Offsite_ I'm sorry Ben, please don't roast me on your show 😭