25,000 lives saved per ship sunk, $100,000 per citation, a probability of 10^-90 of a decisive vote . . . Is there a through line from B.S. numbers in junk science to B.S. numbers coming from the government?

Did a blithe disregard for innumeracy in pop social science pave the way to a blithe disregard for innumeracy in government? I came across this: At first I thought this a parody but maybe it’s real? Here’s the home page, … Continue reading → …