Robert Dingwall
@rwjdingwall.bsky.social
Consulting sociologist, researcher, writer and entrepreneur. Medical sociology; sociology of law; STS; ethnomethodology; CA. Re-post does not imply endorsement.
I do remember this - and being shocked by the dismissal of any concern for QALYS and the opportunity costs of the lockdown. It was perhaps the first point at which some of the limitations of the legal approach became obvious.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I do remember this - and being shocked by the dismissal of any concern for QALYS and the opportunity costs of the lockdown. It was perhaps the first point at which some of the limitations of the legal approach became obvious.
I think they are actually criticising the credulity of the Inquiry in the face of numbers...you may be interested in my own take on some of the issues (from April 2020!)
www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/04/coro...
www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/04/coro...
Coronavirus UK - Models or Crystal Balls? - Social Science Space
As far back as we have records, humans have tried to predict the future. Some societies turned to prayer, divination or oracles. Others to tarot cards or crystal balls. In the modern world, much of th...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I think they are actually criticising the credulity of the Inquiry in the face of numbers...you may be interested in my own take on some of the issues (from April 2020!)
www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/04/coro...
www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/04/coro...
Fair do's. It can be hard to avoid for taller people of any sex or gender identity encountering Ryanair seat pitch...
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Fair do's. It can be hard to avoid for taller people of any sex or gender identity encountering Ryanair seat pitch...
I would go for a postdoc - the challenge is keeping bright people in the system until things change again - speaking as one who spent 13 years on short contracts in the 1970s and 1980s before panic hirings in the 1990s....
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I would go for a postdoc - the challenge is keeping bright people in the system until things change again - speaking as one who spent 13 years on short contracts in the 1970s and 1980s before panic hirings in the 1990s....
Unprofessional editor...
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Unprofessional editor...
Try digging into the mortality data - fact and cause certified by last attending physician/medical examiner/funeral director/acting for the state/city/county. Tell me how you adjust for that degree of input variability...
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Try digging into the mortality data - fact and cause certified by last attending physician/medical examiner/funeral director/acting for the state/city/county. Tell me how you adjust for that degree of input variability...
The states vary so much in their data collection practices that it is not clear that much faith could ever have been placed in the data...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The states vary so much in their data collection practices that it is not clear that much faith could ever have been placed in the data...
Does anyone believe TRAC data? A Potemkin village in the days when I had to complete the forms...
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Does anyone believe TRAC data? A Potemkin village in the days when I had to complete the forms...
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He was a key figure in setting up the Human Genome Project, which had a terrible organizational structure and failed to deliver on the hype.
I interviewed one of the main funders who said they felt it was a waste of money (but did generate useful research tools).
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I interviewed one of the main funders who said they felt it was a waste of money (but did generate useful research tools).
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November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
He was a key figure in setting up the Human Genome Project, which had a terrible organizational structure and failed to deliver on the hype.
I interviewed one of the main funders who said they felt it was a waste of money (but did generate useful research tools).
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I interviewed one of the main funders who said they felt it was a waste of money (but did generate useful research tools).
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Probably more to do with the long term trend we identified. Demand increasing and supply decreasing from a combination of demography, safety regulation and medical developments.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Probably more to do with the long term trend we identified. Demand increasing and supply decreasing from a combination of demography, safety regulation and medical developments.