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Christina Pagel
Personal blog · christinapagel.substack.compoliticshealthscience
Christina Pagel writes Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell, a personal blog at christinapagel.substack.com about politics, health and science. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread titled 'What Are the Basics?'. The post argues that connecting basic facts to routine but popular activities is a discipline. The comment only describes this claim.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Making Sense explores how evidence and data can help us make sense of the world — from the NHS and Covid to science, democracy and politics. Christina Pagel is a Professor of Operational Research at University College London. Click to read Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they te
What Hacker News says?
The entitled article below suggests that connecting basic facts to routine yet popular activites is a discipline. https://christinapagel.substack.com/?r=2g5gl3&utm_campaign=s...
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on “What Are the Basics?”Submitted Trump's attacks on universities get darker, with shadows reaching our shores as a story · 235 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to fight back: charting opposition to actions of the Trump administration as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave as a story · 1 points
HN discussion