[FRIAM] Huh? What is this?

Tue Dec 1 14:34:23 EST 2020

As another damned fool myself, I also didn't see what was so bad about it.
The circled numbers on the map correspond to the little tables surrounding
the map. The only thing I found arbitrary was how the numbers in the
circles were chosen. I assume they were just arbitrary.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 2:23 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Tom,
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> I guess I have to confess that I don’t see why you found it so offensive.
> I feel like a damned fool asking you, but maybe “damned fool” is my role on
> this list and I should play it with joy and conviction.  Please explain, as
> to  a child.
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> Nick
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Tom Johnson
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2020 12:33 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Huh? What is this?
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> Nick:
> I attached the image of the front page.  You should be able to see it on
> your computer.  As I said, it seems to be the year's worst data viz of the
> year.
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> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Tom,
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> I only read the webedition, and so don’t have the front page in front of
> me, but the message seemed clear to me.  BE AFRAID.  If we are learning one
> lesson from this pandemic, it is that lack of fear is the primary driver of
> rising case numbers.  Public policy has relatively little effect unless it
> increases fear.  And robust terror makes public policy unnecessary.  What
> did you NOT see that I did see?
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> My candidate for the worst graphic is below.
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> Looking at this I would assume that we are out of the woods.  In fact, the
> current rolling 7-day average is about 140 cases, more that 10 times what
> it should be.  I think the downward tail of the graph reflects only
> incomplete data.
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> I have been frustrated by the state’s web page because it seems to
> emphasize cumulative cases at the expense of current cases and new cases
> per population.
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> Another bizarre data point appeared in the Gating criteria yesterday,
> where the current Ro was given as 0.97!
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> I think the City needs to run fumigation trucks up and don the streets or
> city workers with back packs and nosles .  They could be just emitting
> water vapor, perhaps with a little corotene thrown in for dramatic effect?
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> Nick
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Tom Johnson
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:34 AM
> *To:* Friam at redfish. com <friam at redfish.com>
> *Cc:* Mike Collins <amc at alumni.princeton.edu>; Steve Ross <
> editorsteve at gmail.com>; Steve Doig <steve.doig at asu.edu>; Peter St. Cyr <
> peter.stcyr at gmail.com>; Tom Scharmen <thomas.scharmen at state.nm.us>
> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Huh? What is this?
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> Below is this morning's front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican.  It is
> obviously trying to give the virus story big play.  But I can't figure out
> what in hell this map and all its appendages are trying to tell me.  I
> might be missing something big time, but shouldn't this be nominated as the
> worst data visualization of the year?
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> 505.577.6482(c)                                    505.473.9646(h)
> *NM Foundation for Open Government*
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> *Check out It's The People's Data
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