Bruce Schneier pointed in his blog to the following article on the base rate fallacy: A scanner to detect terrorists by Michael Blastland. It includes a nicely worked example and an even better graphic.
Archive for the ‘res publica’ Category
article on base rate fallacy
July 28, 2009Verschlüsseln macht verdächtig
February 27, 2009Udo Vetter’s law blog cites under the title Verschlüsseln macht verdächtig from an interrogation transcript. [German]
The “Broken Windows” Theory of Crimefighting
February 27, 2009Bruce Schneier’s blog post The “Broken Windows” Theory of Crimefighting quotes the article Breakthrough on ‘broken windows’ from The Boston Globe. Interesting information on what is effective — and what not.
China and the rest of the world
November 7, 2008Bruce Schneier’s blog post Surveillance in China brought the article China’s All-Seeing Eye by Naomi Klein in Rolling Stone to my attention. It is about lots more than china and well worth reading.
