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by unconed 1114 days ago
Scrolling through that pudding site, right away I notice the tell tale sign of midwit misconception.

- a story makes claims about women in the news, without any controls or comparison to men (i.e. it's useless)

- a story presents one of those toy economic models about random trades between people, not realizing they are complete nonsense with zero predictive power

This is just what I notice on a first visit. It's extremely well produced nonsense.

2 comments

Lol are you really complaining about the veracity of a site with the headline “every time someone says ‘cool’ in community”?

They’re cute little stories with decent presentation, not the economist.

I really wish more blogs took on this creative approach. it's hard but such an excellent presentation style. IMO it's the best form of sharing information online