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* [[1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant]] | * Week 1: The Purpose and Limitations of Science | ||
* [[1.2 Shared Reality and Modeling]] | ** [[1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant]] | ||
* [[1.3 Plenary]] | ** [[1.2 Shared Reality and Modeling]] | ||
* [[2.1 Senses and Instrumentation]] | ** [[1.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[2.2 Systematic and Statistical Uncertainty]] | * Week 2: What we can Measure | ||
* [[2.3 Plenary]] | ** [[2.1 Senses and Instrumentation]] | ||
* [[3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning]] | ** [[2.2 Systematic and Statistical Uncertainty]] | ||
* [[3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels]] | ** [[2.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[3.3 Plenary]] | * Week 3: Statements of Uncertainty | ||
* [[4.1 Signal and Noise]] | ** [[3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning]] | ||
* [[4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise]] | ** [[3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels]] | ||
* [[4.3 Plenary]] | ** [[3.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[5.1 False Positives and Negatives]] | * Week 4: Dealing with Noise | ||
* [[5.2 Scientific Optimism]] | ** [[4.1 Signal and Noise]] | ||
* [[5.3 Plenary]] | ** [[4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise]] | ||
* [[6.1 Correlation and Causation]] | ** [[4.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[6.2 Hill's Criteria]] | * Week 5: Trade-offs and Progress | ||
* [[6.3 Plenary]] | ** [[5.1 False Positives and Negatives]] | ||
* [[7.1 Causation, Blame, and Policy]] | ** [[5.2 Scientific Optimism]] | ||
* [[7.2 Emergent Phenomena]] | ** [[5.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[7.3 Plenary]] | * Week 6: Establishing Causation | ||
* [[8.1 Orders of Understanding]] | ** [[6.1 Correlation and Causation]] | ||
* [[8.2 Fermi Problems]] | ** [[6.2 Hill's Criteria]] | ||
* [[8.3 Plenary]] | ** [[6.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[9.1 Heuristics]] | * Week 7: Types and Consequences of Causation | ||
* [[9.2 Biases]] | ** [[7.1 Causation, Blame, and Policy]] | ||
* [[9.3 Plenary]] | ** [[7.2 Emergent Phenomena]] | ||
* [[10.1 Confirmation Bias]] | ** [[7.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[10.2 Blinding]] | * Week 8: Describing and Simplifying Reality | ||
* [[10.3 Plenary]] | ** [[8.1 Orders of Understanding]] | ||
* [[11.1 Pathological Science]] | ** [[8.2 Fermi Problems]] | ||
* [[11.2 When Is Science Suspect]] | ** [[8.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[11.3 Plenary]] | * Week 9: Heuristics and Biases | ||
* [[12.1 Wisdom of Crowds and Herd Thinking]] | ** [[9.1 Heuristics]] | ||
* [[12.2 Grill the Guest]] | ** [[9.2 Biases]] | ||
* [[12.3 Plenary]] | ** [[9.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[13.1 Denver Bullet Study]] | * Week 10: Catching and Countering Biases | ||
* [[13.2 Deliberative Polling]] | ** [[10.1 Confirmation Bias]] | ||
* [[13.3 Plenary]] | ** [[10.2 Blinding]] | ||
* [[14.1 Wrap Up]] | ** [[10.3 Plenary]] | ||
* [[14.2 Scenario Planning]] | * Week 11: Science Gone Wrong | ||
* [[14.3 Plenary]] | ** [[11.1 Pathological Science]] | ||
** [[11.2 When Is Science Suspect]] | |||
** [[11.3 Plenary]] | |||
* Week 12: Group Evaluations | |||
** [[12.1 Wisdom of Crowds and Herd Thinking]] | |||
** [[12.2 Grill the Guest]] | |||
** [[12.3 Plenary]] | |||
* Week 13: Better Group Decision Making | |||
** [[13.1 Denver Bullet Study]] | |||
** [[13.2 Deliberative Polling]] | |||
** [[13.3 Plenary]] | |||
* Week 14: The Outlook and Potential of Science | |||
** [[14.1 Wrap Up]] | |||
** [[14.2 Scenario Planning]] | |||
** [[14.3 Plenary]] | |||
Revision as of 14:55, 12 June 2023
- Week 1: The Purpose and Limitations of Science
- Week 2: What we can Measure
- Week 3: Statements of Uncertainty
- Week 4: Dealing with Noise
- Week 5: Trade-offs and Progress
- Week 6: Establishing Causation
- Week 7: Types and Consequences of Causation
- Week 8: Describing and Simplifying Reality
- Week 9: Heuristics and Biases
- Week 10: Catching and Countering Biases
- Week 11: Science Gone Wrong
- Week 12: Group Evaluations
- Week 13: Better Group Decision Making
- Week 14: The Outlook and Potential of Science