Noem’s Razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2026-01-19

Summary:

This is an unfortunately all-too-appropriate story for Martin Luther King holiday. Following up on this news item: Economist Colin Camerer writes: I suspected this. Sad case of poor incentive design (ICErs create expensive externalities bc of legal, reputation. etc costs … Continue reading

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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/19/noems-razor-never-attribute-to-stupidity-that-which-is-adequately-explained-by-malice/

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Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

01/19/2026, 11:39

Date published:

01/19/2026, 09:19