Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a perennial powerhouse comes together around a hit about observing a former partner with a new lover. What gives?
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DATA DETECTIVES: ARE YOU LESS CREATIVE THAN CHATGPT?
By Connor Zahler EVERYONE’S SO CREATIVE Over the past year, it’s been impossible to go a single day without a breathless headline about the promise (or doom) of AI technologies. One of the hobby horses in this cottage industry is a focus on jobs. AI will destroy your job. AI is going to make your…
DATA DETECTIVES: ARE WOLVERINES LESS EMPATHETIC?
Up to this point, Data Detectives has focused on claims which lack quantitative backing due to simple errors in calculation. These are the most common types of errors you’ll see: people simply saying things without the requisite backing or people making some sort of statistical mistake that spirals. Today, however, we’ll be looking at a…
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Written by Connor Zahler: Of all the phenomena that social scientists have an interest in, conspiracy theories may appear to have the least association with anything quantitative. Everyone knows the stereotypical hallmarks: tinfoil hats, irrational suspicion, chains of association that defy logic, and general unlikeliness. What few know, though, is that quantitative research into conspiracy…
What Percentage of Marriages End in Divorce?
Written by Connor Zahler: One of the most ubiquitous claims in all of society is that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. It’s been brought up in fights about the course of society, lampshaded by romantic comedies, played straight by romantic tragedies, and is generally omnipresent. As with all common claims, it usually goes…