Using the same word doesn’t mean we mean the same thing.

The Shared Meaning Problem looks at what happens when familiar words hide different expectations.

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PRODUCTHEAD: How is your work perceived?

» Do you actively encourage people to tell you when your strategy isn’t working?

» How others perceive how product management is working is just as important

#prodmgmt #assumptions #perception #strategy 📖 Read […]

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#statstab #630 A Tutorial on Distribution-Free Uncertainty Quantification Using Conformal Prediction

Thoughts: Conformal predictions are getting more popular.

#conformalprediction #frequentist #uncertainty #assumptions #distributions #tutorial

doi.org/10.1177/2515...

#statstab #628 Meta-analysis models relaxing the random-effects normality assumption: methodological systematic review and simulation study

Thoughts: Looks interesting, the little I get.

#metaanalysis #methods #statistics #assumptions
#randomeffects

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“Recognizing a human face or figure is one of the more lauded abilities of the brain, trumped only perhaps by its ability to make wild assumptions about the recognized face.” — Peter Hunt Welch, The City Commute
#PeterHunterWelch #PeterWelch #Quotation #Quote #QOTD #Pareidolia #Assumptions

As part of our Comment, we also explore the #assumptions that need to be made for a narrative to be logically coherent. Exploring and comparing these underlying implicit assumptions allows us to identify which of the narratives are compatible with each other and which are in conflict. 🏳️🏴

“Questions are not neutral; they presuppose a list of assumptions that may be long and complex.” — Stephen Jay Gould, Dinosaur in a Haystack
#BOTD #StephenJayGould #QOTD #Quote #Quotation #Questions #Assumptions

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"Don't assume" is good general advice. We would do well to use it more often.

#compassion #assumptions #dontassume

theinquisitivewordsmith.substack.com/p/compassion...

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"We have to reassess sandboxing quality for capable AI agents ..."

www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

#sandbox #infrastructure #cyber #security #assumptions #complexity #modernity

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