Statistics, medicine, and humanity

Thoughts, essays, etc. A blog by Samuel Weisenthal.

Prediction models and counterfactuals

1/25/2026
Policies, adjustment, decisions, sharks

1/3/2026
On the acceptable range of model calibration

12/12/2025
GPT-5 and medical decisions

12/1/2025
Decision analysis and medical research

11/9/2025
Politics again

11/2/2025
Decision analysis and insurance

10/19/2025
Image processing, chatbots, and “AI”

9/28/2025
Decision analysis and the pharmaceutical industry

8/25/2025
Should chatbots make medical decisions?

7/3/2025
Rejoice on error

6/23/2025
Standing together

6/14/2025
Ode to an appendix

6/1/2025
Keep the real data in the loop

5/25/2025
Time-evolving reports

5/16/2025
Support for reporters

5/11/2025
Scroll Breaker

5/9/2025
Reflections on MD/PhD training

5/4/2025
Variance, evidence, and using albumin for HRS AKI

4/17/2025
Humanity’s fundamental DAG

4/6/2025