We Need to Acknowledge Our Ignorance

Earlier, I had written about controversial court cases, such as the trials of George Zimmerman, Dominique Strauss Kahn & the Duke Lacrosse Team. We discussed our tendency to jump to conclusions and assume what must have really happened, based on flimsy pieces of evidence and our own preconceived notions and biases. In truth, this isn't … Continue reading We Need to Acknowledge Our Ignorance →

Revenge of the Foxes

I was recently reading a book by Nate Silver, “The Signal and the Noise,” and there’s one section of the book that really struck me. Foxes & Hedgehogs. They denote the 2 broadly different personality types that people tend to have. One the one hand, you have hedgehogs who: See the world from the vantage … Continue reading Revenge of the Foxes →