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Seems a lot of people don't make a distinction between the pollster and the metapollsters. As far as I'm aware, Silver doesn't do any of his own polling. I'm also curious if the combination of ob...

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Sleep used to seem so easy. It's less and less so all the time. I was reading this Quora thread today. https://www.quora.com/Does-sleep-quality-improve-if-you-sleep-alone-vs-sleeping-in-the-same-...

http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2015/12/sleep-bs-and-have-i-mentioned-that-i-despise-infographics/comment-page-1/#comment-62467

I greatly appreciate the link to your data, although I have no real concerns about your findings. As I noted, I think the research was well-design and I have no serious criticisms (which, as anyo...

http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2015/08/resolving-conflicting-research-results-vaccine-education-is-tricky/comment-page-1/#comment-62322

I enjoyed your blog post. I think you raise some important points about how to interpret our results and Nyhan's results. I do feel that other experimental issues, which are slightly more subtle,...

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This sounds remarkably like the Dunning-Kruger effect. To quote from Wikipedia, "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias wherein unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mi...

http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2015/04/new-research-suggests-the-internet-makes-us-overconfident/comment-page-1/#comment-60928

I can see both color schemes. What makes the colors change for me is if I assume the picture was taken shortly after sunrise or at sunset. Morning looks blue and black. Sunset or evening, looks l...

http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2015/03/you-probably-do-not-have-4-cones-what-else-is-wrong-or-right-about-the-goddamn-dress-and-some-fun-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-60491

I feel that I have an extraordinary gift. It sounds ridiculous but since attending Dali's art museum in Spain I now see detailed faces and humans in all of life's creations. In particular clouds ...

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Miguel, you're part of why mainstream media sites disable or heavily regulate comments. Almost everything you say is wrong or misleading, and you have to be aware that you either barely-read or a...

http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2015/03/the-psychology-of-vaccine-denial-and-the-new-anti-intellectualism/comment-page-1/#comment-60182

"You're just being nit-picky" and "You're just a hater" are both poor excuses--attempts to deflect criticism instead of address it. "She's just a blogger raising awareness" is an even sadder excu...

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