Disseminating trial results: We can have both faster and better

Sampling and Soundness: Can We Have Both?

Recent research on model counting in CNF formulas has shown that a certain sampling method can yield results that are sound with a provably high probability. The key idea is to iteratively restrict the search space, and to randomly choose which part to consider. The expected value of this sampled count is equal to the real count. If one minimizes over several trials, and purposefully underestim...

Can we have it both ways?

Better and Faster Patient Training

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Administrative and Public Verifiability: Can We Have Both?

Administrative verifiability gives election officials the means to protect against certain kinds of errors and fraud. This is typically accomplished with tools like paper audit trails that enable manual recounts and spot checks. Public verifiability uses cryptographic and related tools to enable any member of the public to independently fully verify the accuracy of an election tally. Although p...

Accommodating Autistics and Treating Autism: Can We Have Both?

One of the central claims of the neurodiversity movement is that society should accommodate the needs of autistics, rather than try to treat autism. People have variously tried to reject this accommodation thesis as applicable to all autistics. One instance is Pier Jaarsma and Stellan Welin, who argue that the thesis should apply to some but not all autistics. They do so via separating autistic...