{"id":820,"date":"2022-11-09T14:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/?p=820"},"modified":"2026-10-11T00:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:09:27","slug":"chasing-the-overton-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/09\/chasing-the-overton-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing the Overton Window"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On November 9 I presented a talk at PyData NYC with the title &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nyc2022.pydata.org\/cfp\/talk\/YLLJ93\/\">Chasing the Overton Window<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video from this talk is now available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VpuWECpTxmM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This talk is based on a chapter of my forthcoming book called <em>Probably Overthinking It<\/em> that is about using evidence and reason to answer questions and make better decisions. If you would like to get an occasional update about the book, please <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/h0nfbX\">join my mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQiYBKF74K7meS7LNSuAzhtkAXKgI2ydHkD9-W6v_hEnj8DiyEtRfSK3CxFpHgfVC-PFRMcSAwXOTzS\/pub?start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000\">Here are the slides for the talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results I reported are from 16 questions from the General Social Survey (GSS). 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