Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

Effective Altruists sort of sell themselves as empirical ninjas with an absolute mastery of the math but as Émile points out here very little of it stands up to scrutiny - perhaps nothing more so than when they try and do Climate Stuff -->>>>

@merrua.bsky.social

"Another way to think about the difference is mathematics is mostly about deductive
reasoning from a set of axioms and assumptions, while statistics is mostly concerned
with inductive reasoning from empirical data."
I'm pretty sure this means, maths is just more pure, no data getting in the way.

MobiQuotes

@mobiquotes.bsky.social

Intellectually secure people do not need to show anyone how smart they are. They are empirical and seek truth. Intellectually insecure people need to show everyone how smart they are. They are egotistical and seek triumph.