Our predictions for the recent election in Toronto held up well. We were within 6%, on average, with a slight bias towards overestimating Keesmaat’s support. Now we’ll add more demographic richness to our agents and reduce the geographical distribution of errors www.psephoanalytics.ca/2018/11/r…
Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast is one of my new favourites 🎙
Seems like something to strive for these days:
it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence
Interested in analytics and transit planning? I’m looking for an Analyst to help Metrolinx generate and communicate evidence for project evaluation ca.linkedin.com/jobs/view…
4th Axe Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser
Thanks to generous support, the 4th Axe Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser was a great success. We raised over $32K this year and all funds support the PancOne Network. So far, we’ve raised close to $120K in honour of my Mom. Thanks to everyone that has supported this important cause!
Fascinating to think of creating cognitive scaffolding for elephants aeon.co/essays/if…
We’ve completely retooled our approach to predicting elections to use an agent-based model. Looking forward to comparing our predictions to the actual results tonight for the Toronto election!
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a fascinating book on an important topic. AI’s implications for society are profound and require significant debate. This book is a start. 📚
We had fun meeting the author Dav Pilkey and getting a signed copy of Dog Man. I really appreciated his patience with spending several hours talking to kids and signing books. 📚
Axe Pancreatic Cancer tickets are available now! This is a very fun event for a great cause. Early Bird tickets are selling quickly. So, if you’re interested, sign up now at pancreaticcancercanada.ca/axe-pancr…
