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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social

Or correlation and causation.

may 24, 2025, 1:33 pm • 41 0

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social

At least half of my state uni stats instructors had this taped on their doors. Maybe someone can stick it up on Pinker’s fancy Harvard one. xkcd.com/552/

may 24, 2025, 1:55 pm • 42 1 • view
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social

Before it became clear that Scott Adams was Nazi-adjacent, I taught in a school psychology program, and this was my favorite stats comic.

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may 24, 2025, 2:27 pm • 19 0 • view
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cyberpunkwitch @cyberpunkwitch.bsky.social

it's ok, he openly crowd sourced his jokes back then, it was in large part why he was ever funny.

may 24, 2025, 2:42 pm • 22 0 • view
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Brian Bartky @brianbartky.bsky.social

Thank you for explaining that since I’ve wondered for years about that change.

may 25, 2025, 6:30 am • 5 0 • view
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cyberpunkwitch @cyberpunkwitch.bsky.social

I wish I knew the source, it was an anecdote my fiance told me about how Scott Adams felt having other people email him jokes to use in his comic strips was a 'hack' that made him a very clever boy and bragged about it publicly (somewhere).

may 25, 2025, 4:40 pm • 4 1 • view
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social

In which Scott Adams demonstrates the power of the collective. Hm.

may 25, 2025, 4:42 pm • 6 1 • view
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social

Solid point! He should have stuck to that approach.

may 24, 2025, 2:50 pm • 5 0 • view