Ticky note: I ticked the WikiLeaks box on the basis that it was interesting to me when I first encountered it, which wasn't here.
Also, I think you may be overlooking some aspects of the profile pic thing. OK Cupid seem very bad at analysing (or predicting) their results, but potentially there's some really interesting social psychology data there. And it could be very serious indeed if the same results were shown to hold up under statistically sound test conditions. Assuming we mean "serious" in the sense of "providing valid and valuable analysis".
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Date: 2010-02-18 09:15 pm (UTC)Also, I think you may be overlooking some aspects of the profile pic thing. OK Cupid seem very bad at analysing (or predicting) their results, but potentially there's some really interesting social psychology data there. And it could be very serious indeed if the same results were shown to hold up under statistically sound test conditions. Assuming we mean "serious" in the sense of "providing valid and valuable analysis".