Adia Keene’s Reviews > Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment > Status Update

“Whenever you observe noise, you should work to reduce it!”

This statement seems pretty obvious, but I appreciate that the author explained it with (relatively simple) math.

Also the visualizations are great. I’m glad I did not DNF. Great commute read.

It’s amazing how few pages I can read during my commute.

This entire book is a thinly-veiled attempt to sell a consulting service that the author calls a “noise audit.” I’m tempted to DNF for that reason, but my rule is that I can’t rate books until I finish them.

So I will continue to read this as my commute book 🙃

“In noisy systems, errors do not cancel out. They add up.”

Banger quote. I know this book is somewhat divisive among the “yellow stats book” community but so far this seems like an extension of the fun case study format Nate Silver uses.