

Cremieux - Free the Data
6 snips Jan 17, 2024
The podcast covers topics such as the reliability of studies, P hacking, lying with statistics, fertility and demographic collapse, lead exposure, the midwits of Mensa, and more. It features an anonymous poster well-versed in data analysis and explores the emergence of statistically savvy anonymous Twitter accounts.
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Food Deserts: A Choice, Not a Constraint
- Food deserts are wrongly attributed to systemic discrimination.
- People in these areas choose unhealthy options despite having access to healthy food at stores like Walmart.
Audit Studies: Oversimplifying Discrimination
- Audit studies often misattribute callback rate discrepancies solely to discrimination.
- They fail to distinguish between taste-based and statistical discrimination, leading to ineffective interventions.
Diversity Exposure Doesn't Reduce Prejudice
- Exposure to diverse groups doesn't significantly reduce prejudice.
- People with higher openness to diversity self-select into diverse environments, creating an illusion of a causal link.