Even his fanclub sub (/r/fivethirtyeight) is dragging him for this.

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    It's Reddit, of course there's a fanclub for statisticians who go way over their heads.

    Neil Degrasse Tyson was openly worshipped on there and did an AMA years back before they all realized how he was just a fucking obnoxious pedant who's knowledge of science was greatly eclipsed by ego

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      He's an econ guy that did sports analytics, not really a statistician tbh, lol. Like econ students take a fair few stats and math courses in undergrad, but having done tutoring for econ PhD students to help with their comprehensive exams, I can tell you the understanding most (of their most talented students) walk away with tends to be pretty superficial.