tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post7940228380892561342..comments2024-01-30T03:30:45.740-05:00Comments on Bad Data, Bad!: Evil Genes and the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soulbs kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-71116016185290105262013-02-12T20:58:11.499-05:002013-02-12T20:58:11.499-05:00I saw this as well and couldn't figure out wha...I saw this as well and couldn't figure out what was meant. There is no one, no how no way, who can predict with 66% accuracy whether someone is going to be a felon. In fact even if you know someone has committed a felony and not gotten caught, there's not a 66% chance he'll commit another one and qualify.<br /><br />I don't doubt there are some underperforming regions of the brain among criminals - I'm nominating the portions controlling expressive language.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-22560405842380582722013-02-12T10:33:04.494-05:002013-02-12T10:33:04.494-05:00Makes me wonder how often reporters manage to accu...Makes me wonder how often reporters manage to accurately represent what they are told.<br /><br />Or how often they even understand what they are reporting on.<br /><br />(If you've never heard of the "Gell-Mann amnesia effect", this might be a good time to research it. The phrase was coined by Michael Crichton...)SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043843405366080460noreply@blogger.com