Flaws in Measuring Happiness

Can your happiness be measured by a number? For many the emotion of happiness is as subjective as the individual. Yet, we see plenty of grocery store check-out magazines touting new studies showing you how to improve your happiness in just a few simple steps. Amazingly it is always 10 or fewer, and what could … Continue reading Flaws in Measuring Happiness

What ChatGPT Tells Us About Misinformation: The Black Mirror Effect

Since the introduction of ChatGPT3 last November and its protégé ChatGPT4 last month, there has been frenzied anticipation about how this form of AI will transform all of us in nearly unimaginable ways. While ChatGPT has been impressive in its capability it has also demonstrated the limits of its knowledge by providing incorrect or misleading … Continue reading What ChatGPT Tells Us About Misinformation: The Black Mirror Effect

Welcome to Data Duped

With the launch this month of our book, Data Duped: How to Avoid Being Hoodwinked by Misinformation, we hope we are bringing curious readers closer to understanding data.  Not just the math and statistics, but also provide some insights into how data is used in many of our everyday interactions.  For example, that not-so-random advertising … Continue reading Welcome to Data Duped

Lotteries, Lightning and Other Ways to Improve your Golf Game

Consider this.  Do your odds of being struck by lightning increase if you stand outside during a thunderstorm holding a golf club? Do your odds of winning the Mega Millions Lotto get any better when you buy more tickets? With the latest lottery promising to top $1.5 billion it makes you wonder. Often, we hear … Continue reading Lotteries, Lightning and Other Ways to Improve your Golf Game