Friends, Lovers, & the Big Terrible Thing
Ahmad Piraiee Ahmad Piraiee

Friends, Lovers, & the Big Terrible Thing

If you know me, you know I like reading. When I say this is the most shocking opening of a book I have ever read, it means something. If my scholar friends forgive me, I put this next to the feeling I had when I opened A Tale of Two Cities and started reading “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...”

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Comedy of Spurious Correlations
Ahmad Piraiee Ahmad Piraiee

Comedy of Spurious Correlations

Watch Out for Tricky Data: The Comedy of Spurious Correlations. We've all heard the mantra "Correlation doesn't imply causation," but let's face it—when we see lines holding hands on charts or bars rising in harmony, our data-loving hearts yearn for a story, a reason, a grand explanation.

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