Monday, July 22, 2019

Everything is f***d

The most hilarious course syllabus I've seen in a while, from Professor Sanjay Srivastava at the University of Oregon.


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The point is serious,  going well beyond the replication problem. Meta-analyses just repeat the same mistakes a hundred times.

"Office hours: Held on Twitter at your convenience." I love it.
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  1. EdJuly 23, 2019 at 10:48 AM

    A great chuckle. The positive is at least it is fucked and not FUBAR.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 23, 2019 at 10:55 AM

    unfortunately, this is largely true for economics/finance too. It would probably help to recognize it more openly!

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  3. Erik PooleJuly 23, 2019 at 11:06 AM

    per the substance of the concise arguments presented, I agree.

    As for the use of the phrase "is fucked".... oh well. Do secular folks understand non-secular folks? No. Are those of a more conservative bent owed a little bit of respect?

    No, we deliberately avoid respecting American natives (e.g., the DeBoldt decision). Semitic peoples living under a half century occupation in what is left of the modern Palestinian mandate do not deserve respect.

    Even this notion of the importance of secure, well defined property rights does not even get respect from North American economists who always seem to find a sectarian, ethnic or racial exception to that rule.

    "Respect" is a common term used by BC First Nations. But as culturally inferior people, do they deserve respect?

    If folks of a conservative bent are "not cool", do they deserve respect?


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    1. Luiz HenriqueJanuary 31, 2020 at 7:52 PM

      It's really true! ("Respect" is a common term used by BC First Nations. But as culturally inferior people, do they deserve respect?)

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    2. AnonymousDecember 30, 2023 at 12:20 PM

      No analogy between what happened to American Indians and Arabs, mostly from Egypt and Jordan who occupied what was called Palestine. Even passing over the undeniable fact that the Hebrews were the ancient people there The Ottoman empire had the land right. Early Zionists bought pieces of it. The Balfour declaration split the place in two pieces, onpeople should getgete for the Jewish people and one for the Arabs who happened to be there at that point. The Arabs went to war, and their leaders emncouraged the population to theave. The Arabs have waged one war after another since and no one is helping the Palestinians, especially not the Hamas terrorists.

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  4. MeegsJuly 23, 2019 at 12:19 PM

    I think it's time to reprise your cross-subsidy post.

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/upshot/ambulance-surprise-medical-bills-law.amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwij6-KaxsvjAhUIGKwKHXVbAZsQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3SHF_MSGRsHDnbcrfSYhJg&ampcf=1

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  5. Manfred the mamoothJuly 23, 2019 at 1:29 PM

    Prof,
    I see nobody commented on this.
    Maybe you *did* succeed to shame our profession a bit.. :-) :-)
    What you say on meta-analyses is so true.

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  6. David SeltzerJuly 23, 2019 at 2:33 PM

    Funny stuff. When I was a grad student at GSB, a stats professor, whose name shall remain anonymous,often held "office hours" at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap. Occasionally, Jeff Metcalf, then Dean of Students, would grace us with his presence.

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