Archive - arg min

Feedback, Learning, and Adaptation - A Syllabus

A plan for this semester's class on learning, dynamics, and control.

40 mins ago • Ben Recht

Induction and Feedback

A new class reimagining learning for dynamics and control

Jan 22 • Ben Recht

Statistical inference is rhetoric.

Jan 20 • Ben Recht

Psychophysics is a human-facing science with interventions arguably more robust than medicine.

Jan 15 • Ben Recht

Nothing's Shocking

Medicine is the only human-facing science that consistently finds five-sigma interventions. Change my mind.

Jan 12 • Ben Recht

Hermeneutics of crapshoots

How many times do I need to see something to believe it?

Jan 8 • Ben Recht

The food pyramid vs the evidence pyramid

Peanut allergies, the LEAP RCT, and when experts issue guidance under pressure.

Jan 6 • Ben Recht

Stratified Excellence

Wrapping up the 2025 season of meaningless football analytics.

Jan 5 • Ben Recht

December 2025

an argmin year in review

Dec 29, 2025 • Ben Recht

Statistical Fatalism

The tools of statistical optimization can't imagine a different future.

Dec 18, 2025 • Ben Recht

Optimization vs systems-level synthesis

Dec 17, 2025 • Ben Recht

Measures as ends

Some initial thoughts on Kevin Baker's provocative "Context Windows."

Dec 15, 2025 • Ben Recht

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