41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31bf91c8ab", "title": "Dr. Oz as CMS Administrator: A review", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2026/06/03/dr-oz-as-cms-administrator/", "published_at": "2026-06-03T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31bfebabe7", "title": "You don't want luxury unemployment", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2026/02/13/you-dont-want-luxury-unemployment/", "published_at": "2026-02-13T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31bfed7eb3", "title": "Beef-o-tuna-tarianism: The low effort way to improve animal welfare", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2025/01/08/beefotunatarianism/", "published_at": "2025-01-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c0a78452", "title": "No, we are not underinvested in squishy charities", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2024/12/09/squishy-charities/", "published_at": "2024-12-09T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c0de86ec", "title": "Bounty hunters for science", 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"01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c7c6c689", "title": "Pandemic virus prediction: All risk and minimal benefit", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2021/12/18/pandemic-virus-prediction/", "published_at": "2021-12-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c7e0953a", "title": "Teens, loneliness, and the social media paradox", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2021/08/14/teens-loneliness-social-media/", "published_at": "2021-08-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c847b824", "title": "The FDA is 5X too worried about long term credibility", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2021/07/25/fda-and-vaccines/", "published_at": "2021-07-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c937486c", "title": "Autism, folic acid, and the trend without a blip", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2021/06/27/autism-and-folic-acid/", "published_at": "2021-06-27T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31c9fc1bd1", "title": "You’re probably measuring your treatment 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"https://chris-said.io/2020/09/05/upgrading-to-mathjax-3-after-the-kramdown-update-in-github-pages/", "published_at": "2020-09-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31cbefb539", "title": "Why low sensitivity antigen tests are better than slow PCR tests", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2020/07/15/why-inaccurate-antigen-tests-are-better-than-slow-pcr-tests/", "published_at": "2020-07-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31cc713d49", "title": "Everything I've learned about solar storm risk and EMP attacks", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2020/06/18/everything-ive-learned-about-solar-storm-risk-and-emp-attacks/", "published_at": "2020-06-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31cca957f4", "title": "Coronavirus and fragmented data pipelines", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2020/04/14/fragmented-data-pipelines/", "published_at": "2020-04-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889a-7378-b0ad-0c31cd47a636", "title": "The shower problem", 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"01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6976de92", "title": "10 classic dialogues you can find on the internet", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2015/08/08/10-classic-dialogues/", "published_at": "2015-08-08T22:52:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b69b65bcf", "title": "Across industries, we’re getting better at picking metrics", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2015/05/31/were-getting-better-at-picking-metrics-to-optimize/", "published_at": "2015-05-31T19:21:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6a0db77d", "title": "Independent t-tests and the 83% confidence interval: A useful trick for eyeballing your data.", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2014/12/01/independent-t-tests-and-the-83-confidence-interval-a-useful-trick-for-eyeballing-your-data/", "published_at": "2014-12-01T03:47:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6a84d265", "title": "Jumping quickly between deep directories", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2014/10/16/jumping-quickly-between-deep-directories/", 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state?", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2014/02/08/is-your-job-in-another-state/", "published_at": "2014-02-08T22:49:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6e4f55b2", "title": "My Insight Data Science Project", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2013/10/12/my-insight-data-science-project/", "published_at": "2013-10-12T20:59:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6ea49068", "title": "FAQ for Which Famous Economist", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2013/08/19/which-famous-economist/", "published_at": "2013-08-19T18:44:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6f52ddfc", "title": "New model of binocular rivalry", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2013/03/30/new-model-of-binocular-rivalry/", "published_at": "2013-03-30T15:23:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b6fee7c69", "title": "Canadian funding models for all", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2013/03/21/165/", "published_at": "2013-03-21T13:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b70c0fe18", "title": "Eight Lessons from the Reproducibility Crisis", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2013/01/16/8-lessons-from-the-reproducibility-crisis/", "published_at": "2013-01-16T00:04:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b71b3d3c1", "title": "In defense of correlation/causation blowhards", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2013/01/09/in-defense-of-correlationcausation-blowhards/", "published_at": "2013-01-09T15:19:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b72a1a43f", "title": "New paper on autism", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2012/12/29/new-paper-on-autism/", "published_at": "2012-12-29T22:20:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b72d8a81a", "title": "Why are contrast response functions linear in fMRI and nonmonotonic in EEG?", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2012/10/04/why-are-contrast-response-functions-linear-in-fmri-and-nonmonotonic-in-eeg/", "published_at": "2012-10-04T15:43:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b7348ce3c", "title": "National labs for all the sciences", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2012/05/29/national-labs-for-all-the-sciences/", "published_at": "2012-05-29T15:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b73abf5a9", "title": "FAQ", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2012/04/18/faq/", "published_at": "2012-04-18T17:29:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875f-889b-71c2-8009-639b745d5d26", "title": "It’s the incentive structure, people! Why science reform must come from the granting agencies.", "url": "https://chris-said.io/2012/04/17/its-the-incentives-structure-people-why-science-reform-must-come-from-the-granting-agencies/", "published_at": "2012-04-17T20:35:49+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Dr. Oz as CMS Administrator: A review original ↗

3 Jun 2026

You don't want luxury unemployment original ↗

13 Feb 2026

2025

Beef-o-tuna-tarianism: The low effort way to improve animal welfare original ↗

8 Jan 2025

2024

No, we are not underinvested in squishy charities original ↗

9 Dec 2024

Bounty hunters for science original ↗

25 Aug 2024

Scientific whistleblowers can be compensated for their service original ↗

18 Aug 2024

The case for criminalizing scientific misconduct original ↗

17 Jun 2024

The respiratory infection study to end all respiratory infection studies original ↗

11 Feb 2024

2023

The Air Quality Index doesn’t make any sense original ↗

19 Jun 2023

The El Chapo model of AI containment original ↗

12 May 2023

Double descent in human learning original ↗

21 Apr 2023

2022

A map of laboratory-acquired infections original ↗

1 Nov 2022

Small correlations can drive large increases in teen depression original ↗

10 May 2022

The uncertainty pill original ↗

17 Apr 2022

Ke (2021) is not logarithmic original ↗

16 Feb 2022

10x the live viral count, 10x the infectiousness original ↗

10 Feb 2022

Waning immunity and the little paradox of R0 original ↗

1 Jan 2022

2021

Pandemic virus prediction: All risk and minimal benefit original ↗

18 Dec 2021

Teens, loneliness, and the social media paradox original ↗

14 Aug 2021

The FDA is 5X too worried about long term credibility original ↗

25 Jul 2021

Autism, folic acid, and the trend without a blip original ↗

27 Jun 2021

You’re probably measuring your treatment effect incorrectly original ↗

28 Mar 2021

Instrumental variables analysis for non-economists original ↗

13 Mar 2021

2020

Things that confused me about cross-entropy original ↗

26 Dec 2020

Contagiousness sensitivity: The metric that could control the pandemic original ↗

29 Nov 2020

Upgrading to MathJax 3.0 after the Kramdown update in Github Pages original ↗

5 Sept 2020

Why low sensitivity antigen tests are better than slow PCR tests original ↗

15 Jul 2020

Everything I've learned about solar storm risk and EMP attacks original ↗

18 Jun 2020

Coronavirus and fragmented data pipelines original ↗

14 Apr 2020

The shower problem original ↗

8 Feb 2020

Optimizing sample sizes in A/B testing, Part III: Aggregate time-discounted expected lift original ↗

10 Jan 2020

Optimizing sample sizes in A/B testing, Part II: Expected lift original ↗

10 Jan 2020

Optimizing sample sizes in A/B testing, Part I: General summary original ↗

10 Jan 2020

2019

Variance after scaling and summing: One of the most useful facts from statistics original ↗

18 May 2019

2018

Using your ears and head to escape the Cone Of Confusion original ↗

6 Aug 2018

Hyperbolic discounting — The irrational behavior that might be rational after all original ↗

4 Feb 2018

2017

Religions as firms original ↗

2 Dec 2017

Three questions for social scientists: Internet virtue edition original ↗

19 Jun 2017

Keyboard shortcuts I couldn't live without original ↗

22 May 2017

Learning by flip-flopping original ↗

8 May 2017

Empirical Bayes for multiple sample sizes original ↗

3 May 2017

2016

Optimizing things in the USSR original ↗

11 May 2016

Comparing the opinions of economic experts and the general public original ↗

10 Apr 2016

Four pitfalls of hill climbing original ↗

28 Feb 2016

How to make polished Jupyter presentations with optional code visibility original ↗

13 Feb 2016

2015

New Blog Address original ↗

16 Sept 2015

10 classic dialogues you can find on the internet original ↗

8 Aug 2015

Across industries, we’re getting better at picking metrics original ↗

31 May 2015

2014

Independent t-tests and the 83% confidence interval: A useful trick for eyeballing your data.original ↗

1 Dec 2014

Jumping quickly between deep directories original ↗

16 Oct 2014

How failed replications change our effect size estimates original ↗

10 Jul 2014

Jason Mitchell's essay original ↗

7 Jul 2014

How I use Twitter original ↗

14 May 2014

High School STEM curriculum wishlist original ↗

22 Feb 2014

Is your job in another state?original ↗

8 Feb 2014

2013

My Insight Data Science Project original ↗

12 Oct 2013

FAQ for Which Famous Economist original ↗

19 Aug 2013

New model of binocular rivalry original ↗

30 Mar 2013

Canadian funding models for all original ↗

21 Mar 2013

Eight Lessons from the Reproducibility Crisis original ↗

16 Jan 2013

In defense of correlation/causation blowhards original ↗

9 Jan 2013

2012

New paper on autism original ↗

29 Dec 2012

Why are contrast response functions linear in fMRI and nonmonotonic in EEG?original ↗

4 Oct 2012

National labs for all the sciences original ↗

29 May 2012

FAQ original ↗

18 Apr 2012

It’s the incentive structure, people! Why science reform must come from the granting agencies.original ↗

17 Apr 2012