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I'm having trouble making the connection between Simpson's paradox and the Epicureans. Can you help me out?
Ellenberg says the way to avoid falling into Simpson's paradox is to keep multiple views of the data in mind when doing analyses. Let's say you were in ancient Greece, and you separately observe a drummer on a hill bang a drum before you hear it. Then on another day you see lightning before you hear thunder. If you consider each event on its own, a perfectly logical explanation is that there's something unique to dru…
Good explanation, thanks!