http://programmer.ie/tags/epistemology/ Recent content in Epistemology on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/digital-life/17-how-to-fail-correctly/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/digital-life/17-how-to-fail-correctly/ <p>The most dangerous result in this book was not a noisy one.</p> <p>It was one of the cleanest.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>measurement ✓ M = 0.4402 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> CI [0.419, 0.461] </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>precision ✓ MDE80 = 0.0268 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> against a +0.15 threshold </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>implementation ✓ corrected transient intervention </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> known global channels removed </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>predeclaration ✓ regions selected blind to outcome </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> threshold frozen </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>fresh reproduction ✓ selected regions scored 0.4436 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> in an independent matched-null run </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>individuation ✕ not established </span></span></code></pre></div><p>The two numbers come from different runs.</p>