Data’s Impact in the World
I read a book called "How to Lie with Statistics" as an undergraduate. It instilled a healthy disdain for statistics and "data-driven policymaking." It is not only about how resilient the data is but also about which data set is being used and why....
The Psychology of Inevitable Earthquakes
The BBC News website is now reporting that the death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake, at the time of writing, has passed 33,000, exceeding the more than 17,000 killed when a similar quake hit northwest Turkey in 1999. The BBC also reports that as...
Why Developing Countries Are Investing in Space Programs
Regrettably, a segment of the British media believes that developing countries should focus all of their resources and efforts on poverty alleviation rather than space exploration. In essence, such a stance could be seen as ethnocentric. It almost has a patronizing undertone: "Space is...
Why Do People Slaughter Animals for God?
Around the world, Muslims mark the Festival of Sacrifice on the 10th day of the holy month of Dhu al-Hijjah. It honors Abraham’s willingness to slay his son Ishmael at Allah’s bidding. The killing did not happen. The angel Gabriel appeared and declared that...
Regulating Artificial Intelligence
Unregulated AI poses a significant threat to individual privacy, autonomy, and societal harmony, eerily reminiscent of the Orwellian dystopia depicted in the classic novel, 1984. In this chilling tale, George Orwell writes, "Big Brother is watching you," a phrase which has since become emblematic...
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