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<p class="MsoPlainText">Glen, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I think your "spam" is very meaty and I
hope you will keep it coming.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">But these words, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="quotation">pornographic evocation of our love for
*metaphor* will only mislead us.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">… now them’s, fightin’ words! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">You old troll, you, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Nick </p>
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<p>"Get off my lawn!" <shakes tiny fist> (metaphorically of
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and
Psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Clark University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Friam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> On Behalf Of
u?l? ?<br>
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 9:11 AM<br>
To: FriAM <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a><br>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each
State? - The New York Times</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I disagree, of course. >8^D I think
dividing out population and area are a misguiding distraction.
The simple slopes are better. As we've discussed ad nauseum,
these "normalizers" are *also* models. And all models are
always wrong. So, for every derivation, you're stacking
wrongness upon wrongness. If you're super careful, the stacks
of wrongness *might* help you see some aspect of the situation
better. But by "super careful", I mean *professional* modeling
... something that costs a lot of time, money, attention, and
skill.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Our fondness for blinky lights, bells
and whistles, pornographic evocation of our love for
*metaphor* will only mislead us. Data first, metaphor second
(or better yet, never).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">On 5/8/20 8:03 AM, Steven A Smith wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Very interesting view on these
three counties... numbers normalized to population count and
population density are a "good start"!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI
Emoji",sans-serif">☣</span> uǝlƃ<o:p></o:p></p>
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