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For others like me who didn't know what the McNamara Fallacy is, here's a quote from its Wikipedia Page [1]: "The McNamara fallacy (also known as the quantitat
by chrisshroba 5y ago
For others like me who didn't know what the McNamara Fallacy is, here's a quote from its Wikipedia Page [1]:
"The McNamara fallacy (also known as the quantitative fallacy), named for Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, involves making a decision based solely on quantitative observations (or metrics) and ignoring all others. The reason given is often that these other observations cannot be proven."
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy
- pvillano 5y agoin my opinion, there's nothing wrong with using numbers and there's nothing that can't be quantified. The problem is when important metrics which are hard to turn into numbers are ignored. or, when metrics aren't reevaluated to combat over-fitting.
- zeruch 5y ago" there's nothing that can't be quantified" That is indeed....your opinion.