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The experimental approach of RCTs and the inferential engine of “big data” and A.I.-based learning algorithms are challenging in the context of strategic actions, where the immediate feedback may not be strongly indicative of longer-run
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“Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive; a number of subtle explanations were offered to him. He then pointed out that it does not.”
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“Then there is the other secret. There isn't any symbolysm [sic]. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know.”
― Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961
― Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961
“Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.”
― Why Marx Was Right
― Why Marx Was Right
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell”
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“Live with your century, but do not be its creature.”
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