The Verifier Approach

Solving the Voynich mystery and looking for other holes in expert knowledge......

The verifier method boils down to seven steps: 1) amass knowledge of a discipline through interviews and reading; 2) determine whether critical expertise has yet to be applied in the field; 3) look for bias and mistakenly held assumptions in the research; 4) analyze jargon to uncover differing definitions of key terms; 5) check for classic mistakes using human-error tools; 6) follow the errors as they ripple through underlying assumptions; 7) suggest new avenues for research that emerge from steps one through six.

Note: this is the first Wired article I've seen in quite a while that didn't leave me feeling as though I had to slog through trivia to get to the interesting bits. Has there been a change in the house style?

Link found at geekpress.com.

The Verifier Approach

Solving the Voynich mystery and looking for other holes in expert knowledge......

The verifier method boils down to seven steps: 1) amass knowledge of a discipline through interviews and reading; 2) determine whether critical expertise has yet to be applied in the field; 3) look for bias and mistakenly held assumptions in the research; 4) analyze jargon to uncover differing definitions of key terms; 5) check for classic mistakes using human-error tools; 6) follow the errors as they ripple through underlying assumptions; 7) suggest new avenues for research that emerge from steps one through six.

Note: this is the first Wired article I've seen in quite a while that didn't leave me feeling as though I had to slog through trivia to get to the interesting bits. Has there been a change in the house style?

Link found at geekpress.com.

Unimaginable Wrongness from mundania

I'm a proud anwererer for drwrong, but here's what normal people can do without even trying.....

rivka noodles over the 1000 most popular baby names for 2003

1. Which name is more popular for girls, Ellen or Nevaeh?

72.3%, thinking way too kindly of American parents, picked "Ellen." In fact, Ellen is #447, and Nevaeh is #150. Guess why Nevaeh is so popular. Come on, guess.

It's heaven spelled backwards, that's why.

It's also the name of a Christian rock group. And a porn star.

Unimaginable Wrongness from mundania

I'm a proud anwererer for drwrong, but here's what normal people can do without even trying.....

rivka noodles over the 1000 most popular baby names for 2003

1. Which name is more popular for girls, Ellen or Nevaeh?

72.3%, thinking way too kindly of American parents, picked "Ellen." In fact, Ellen is #447, and Nevaeh is #150. Guess why Nevaeh is so popular. Come on, guess.

It's heaven spelled backwards, that's why.

It's also the name of a Christian rock group. And a porn star.