Comments on: So Happy Together #1

By: michael

michael — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:24:26 +0000

I know this is an old thread now but wanted to note that the name of the original study is “A method of estimating plane vulnerability based on damage of survivors” by Abraham Wald which can be found in google scholar.

By: H.

H. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:38 +0000

I bet any biologist readers got that one faster than the rest. I figured it out, but not quickly, and probably in spite of Physics training rather than because of it.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:18:17 +0000

I knew I wasn’t the only one, so I decided to take one for the team by asking.

By: Scott Elias

Scott Elias — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:51:43 +0000

Count me as more than slightly embarrassed that I didn’t get the answer to the riddle until Dan shared it…

By: Christian Long

Christian Long — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:01:53 +0000

Personally, I love when a reactive tangent distracts from the point of the conversation…and lesson. Human nature is such an intriguing concept, especially in the high intensity drive-by world of blog commenting.

Great anecdote, Dan. Like my own utter fascination with the Mann Gulch wild fire ‘leadership’ question/story that I’ve used in countless public presentations, the fighter plane model is ripe for the picking…and something tells me that nobody thinks I actually made up that story (or claimed to have done so). Why they think you were claiming credit is a bit…curious. Yes, a more stringent ‘citation’ mention (or clearer anecdotal path as to why it didn’t yet exist in your possession would have helped)…but the comments above are distractions of the real point at the end of the day.

Keep on keepin’ on, my friend. 356 days of provocations…or at least 180, huh?! NO rest for the innovative and weary.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:34:20 +0000

it’s all the edublogosphere award related traffic- skim and condemn

I got some myself.

awesome

Tom

By: dan

dan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:54:21 +0000

So … you people just skim or … ?

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:48:33 +0000

Heh. Busted.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:47:44 +0000

I was explicit that I found the story and link “’cause some friend linked to some other blogger who linked to it out of someone’s del.icio.us feed.” I ran several searches through Google before posting but couldn’t find a citation.

If this weren’t such a willful misreading of my post, I’d be grateful you found the link for me. I’ve amended the post in any case.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:49:24 +0000

It’s a good STOLEN story with graphics and all.

http://geniantsandbox.com/2007/08/03/thinking-and-leaping

Give credit were credit is due please.

I was a the SXSW conference two years ago when this was originally presented. You even took the graphic used from that presentation and call it your own.