First, models. I have long been a fan of the phrase that "all models are wrong, but some are useful." However, much to my shame, I know not where it came from. Now I do. Thank you Twitter for enlightening me about George Box and his paper. Not only am I know aware, but I have been shaken to my core. More on that later.
Second, drunks - and specifically how they walk. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (http://leonardmlodinow.com/) is what I call a mathematician's apologetic - an attempt to make math accessible to the masses. His book is part of my attempt to work through a reading list (again - thanks Twitter!) of math texts. I give the guy a couple of stars for effort on the mathematical narration, but the real gold is in the cast of characters. They will be featured in a future post. In this post, I will leave you with flip flops.
