@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 4 months agoYou cannot learn without failing.mander.xyzimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up11.49Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.49Karrow-down1imageYou cannot learn without failing.mander.xyz@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-square@kureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish21•4 months agoThere was a rule of sorts. All metrics become goals or something like that.
minus-square@wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish22•edit-24 months ago“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” This is why p-hacking and searching huge databases for anything with a correlation to a desirable (or undesirable) trait are simultaneously so prevalent, and so damaging.
There was a rule of sorts. All metrics become goals or something like that.
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
This is why p-hacking and searching huge databases for anything with a correlation to a desirable (or undesirable) trait are simultaneously so prevalent, and so damaging.
over fitting, but people