Tag: Quantitative history

  • When Numbers Lie – Cautioning Quantitative Enthusiasm

    When Numbers Lie – Cautioning Quantitative Enthusiasm

    By Alex Wakelam – @A_Wakelam There is an often repeated quote that is thrown around when speaking of “the past” and knowledge thereof in the kind of hushed, reverential tones usually reserved for gods and kings – that those who do not learn from it are doomed to repeat it and, principally, repeat its mistakes. As such, there…