Archive 15. May 2005

about brain farts

Various business associations also suffer from swollen heads: Working on Whit Monday again. We are supposed to work more so they can fleece us more. The fact that in reality German public holidays are not actually that many compared to the rest of Europe (among other things through clever solutions in Belgium, where public holidays that fall on Sundays are made up on the following weekday) is completely irrelevant. The fact that this year and last year there were significantly fewer public holidays due to employer-friendly dates is also irrelevant. The fact that, for example, last year was no better despite having significantly fewer public holidays than previous years is completely irrelevant.

The main thing is to open your mouth and make some noise ...

Unlikely positive

The Süddeutsche explains how relative frequencies can provoke false conclusions and how the presentation of statistical results and the choice of reference size influence decisions (and obscure truths).

Found via Plazeboalarm, which describes itself as a watchblog against quackery. If the links continue to be this good, it will definitely be quite interesting ...