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"The framework is called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and even though it's backed by 800+ randomized controlled studies, it is relatively unknown outside of therapy circles. This post explains the basics of ACT, how it impacted my life, and how you can begin to apply it too."

Derek did a retake of his controversial first video on the topic.

For those who want to know the source of this wonderful animation, this was made by the London-based The Line animation studio. The animation is called Dear Alice, and here's the original source with all the full credits. The score was made by a long-time Ghibli composer. The animation was made for a dairy commercial (and the dairy company seems to be as eco-friendly as is possible for a dairy company if it disappoints you the animation is made for an ad).

I found this on reddit's solarpunk.

The Simpson's paradox is a paradox in probability and statistics in which a trend appears in several groups of data but disappears or even reverses when the groups are combined. This result is often encountered in social-science and medical-science statistics and is particularly problematic when frequency data is unduly given causal interpretations.

Example: There exist treatment A and treatment B for kidney stones. Treatment A is more effective when used on small stones, and is also more effective when used on large stones, yet treatment B is more effective when considering all stones at the same time.

Different levels of overview:

simple.wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

plato.stanford.edu

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