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• Illustrating Causation, 5 cartoons in collaboration with Jane Davidson

  
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  Jane Davidson will be talking causation as part of the BetterEvaluation/AEA coffeebreak webinar series.   If you read this prior to Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 4:00 – 4:20 PM EDT, you can sign up for the free live webinar .  If you get to this after the date, you can go here for an Open to the Public recorded ...
  3 days ago

• Doctors negligent, but family loses medical malpractice claim: Mangal v. William Osler Health Centre

  
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  This recent decision from the Ontario Supreme Court highlights the difficulties faced by families who want to pursue a medical malpractice claim for the loss of a loved one. Sharon Mangal was admitted to the William Olser Hospital on February 16, 2004 to give birth to her second child through caesarean section. ...
  1 week ago

• What is location?

  
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  I will first argue that location is a multiply-realizable—i.e., functional—determinable. Then I will offer a sketch of what defines it. A multiply-realizable determinable is one such that attributions of its determinates are grounded in different ways in different situations. For instance, running a computer ...
  2 weeks ago

• The New Jersey NuvaRing Litigation Summary Judgment Decision

  
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  This post comes from only the Dechert side of the blog, as Reed Smith is involved in this litigation.                                     *                       *                       *                       * ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another Serving of Data Skepticism

  
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  I was thrilled to receive an invitation to a new meetup: the NYC Data Skeptics Meetup . If you’re in the New York area, and you’re interested in seeing data used honestly, stop by! That announcement pushed me to write another post about data skepticism. The past few days, I’ve seen a resurgence of the slogan ...
  2 weeks ago

• Airbnb Storyboard Dedication, Customer Altruism, Data’s Predictive Edge

  
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  The Strategist picks the day’s most interesting stories for the content aficionados who love the backstory and reading between the lines. Here are the gems you need to kickstart your Monday: Best Way to Get Inside Your Customers’ Heads   (Inc) Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia explains that storyboards are an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Breaking News - Opinion Reversing $6.5 Million Actos Verdict

  
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  We saw this morning that the boxcar California verdict that was being ballyhooed the last couple of days was reversed by the trial judge granting a nonsuit (the California equivalent to judgment n.o.v.).  But we dont usually discuss verdicts, good or bad.  Now weve received the opinion supporting that decision.  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle

  
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  How can you tell whether one event causes another?  For instance, assume that you observe that when one event happens, another event is more likely to happen.  For instance, when it rains the ground gets wet.  Generally, rain will cause the ground to get wet.  Use of umbrellas is also highly correlated with the ...
  3 weeks ago

• What is Democracy? (67): The Form of Government That Offers the Best Protection Against Human Rights Violations

  
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  ( source ) There is a clear correlation between the presence and quality of democratic government in a country and the level of respect for human rights in that country. That may sound obvious but it’s good to have some measured results. This paper for instance offers some clear evidence: There is a substantial ...
  3 weeks ago

• Obsession with Causation

  
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  We are pattern matching animals.  Looking for repeatable causes to find leading indicators to ultimately protect ourselves from dangers, or provide us with opportunities.   And like with patterns we often find causation when it does not exist.    Full article.
  4 weeks ago

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