This post from Andrew Gelman (well, the comments) led me to learn about the “apex fallacy” today:
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/09/26/does-this-fallacy-have-a-name/
…which led me in turn to read about the “spotlight fallacy” and “toupee fallacy”:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Spotlight_fallacy
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Toupee_fallacy
Covid... the Cornell experience:
https://junkcharts.typepad.com/numbersruleyourworld/2020/09/good-news-from-cornell.html
Early success, but Kaiser Fung does caution at the end:
"Whether the success will last is an open question. It's only three weeks into the term."
Nice exposition on today's world of data mining (...and bitcoin):
https://mindmatters.ai/2020/09/computers-excel-at-finding-temporary-patterns/
Taking the p-values pledge:
https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/pvalue_pledge/
"Based on this latest experience and my exhaustion with dealing with p-values, I am making a pledge:
