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Revision as of 14:38, 24 July 2023

The Purpose and Limitations of Science

1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant

1.2 Shared Reality and Modeling

What we can Measure

2.1 Senses and Instrumentation

2.2 Systematic and Statistical Uncertainty

Statements of Uncertainty

3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning

3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels

Dealing with Noise

4.1 Signal and Noise

4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise

Trade-offs nad Progress

5.1 False Positives and Negatives

5.2 Scientific Optimism

Establishing Causation

6.1 Correlation and Causation

6.2 Hill's Criteria

Types and Consequences of Causation

7.1 Causation, Blame, and Policy

7.2 Emergent Phenomena

Describing and Simplifying Reality

8.1 Orders of Understanding

8.2 Fermi Problems

Heuristics and Biases

9.1 Heuristics

9.2 Biases

Catching and Countering Biases

10.1 Confirmation Bias

10.2 Blinding

Science Gone Wrong

11.1 Pathological Science

11.2 When Is Science Suspect

Group Evaluations

12.1 Wisdom of Crowds and Herd Thinking

12.2 Grill the Guest

There is no lecture video for 12.2 Grill the Guest due to how much it varies by guest.


Better Group Decision Making

13.1 Denver Bullet Study

13.2 Deliberative Polling

The Outlook and Potential of Science

14.1 Scenario Planning

14.2 Wrap Up



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