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    Statistical Illusions Entry #0440

    Why counting something changes what gets counted

    A measure requires a definition, and once the measure is consequential the definition becomes something to be managed rather than merely applied.

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    The hidden part #0440

    A number is a definition applied to the world. Make the number consequential and the definition becomes the thing under negotiation.

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    Cognitive Bias Entry #0118

    The reason you see the pattern only after somebody names it

    The pattern was always in front of you. A name gives it a category, and a category is what perception needs in order to sort anything into it.

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    The hidden part #0118

    A name is not a description of a pattern. It is the instrument that makes the pattern detectable.

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