Friday, December 2, 2011

Economics and Morality

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I have noticed a rather poisonous idea that is starting to get noticed -- the link between moral virtue and economic success. Consider thes...

"So crazy it just might work"

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Another strong effort from This American Life with all the superlatives that normally apply, but this one is of special interest to the kin...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Intellectual Property

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Apple appears to be suing as part of its business plan : Apple makes great products, but you wouldn’t know it from the way it’s attacking Sa...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Emotionally an eight-year old

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An enormously revealing (bordering on the delusional) response from Washington Post reporter Paul Kane. The questioner said that there was ...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Lots of good stuff

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From NPR : Priya sits between two operating tables. When she finishes one patient, usually in less than 10 minutes, she turns to the next ta...
Monday, November 28, 2011

I hate John D. Cook

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As God as my witness, I swear I was getting ready to do a post looking at argument from authority in terms of informative priors .

Apple Stock

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Karl Smith is bearish on Apple : On the one hand you can buy Apple stock for $375 a share and pay $7 to ScottTrade. On the other hand I also...

Another statistics/auteur theory post -- causality

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[the second in a very infrequent series ] From the LA Times : Cinema trends ebb and flow, but one facet of Hollywood moviemaking proving rem...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Sad news

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I think that the statement speaks for itself : My wife, Kimberly Webb Joyner, died this morning in her sleep from unknown causes. She was 4...

Contradictions

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Karl Smith is striking me as an optimist : In any case, during the GOP Google debate there was a poll that asked GOP voters if someone shoul...

Living with Mistakes the easy way -- larger points

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Andrew Gelman fact-checks the New York Times: For example, David Brooks wrote the following, in a column called “Living with Mistakes”: Th...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

"[T]he numbers show that wage inflation is — literally — the least of the problems when it comes to university cost inflation"

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The quote comes from Felix Salmon and it's part of an excellent discussion (nicely summarized at Rortybomb ). If you're intereste...

Probably the damnedest thing you'll see this weekend

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And you think you have trouble getting out there for your morning jog...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Peak Life Expectancy

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I am often skeptical of these claims that we will see the next generation have a shorter life expectancy as these claims require models. Th...

Glycemic control and diabetes: today's evidence

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This paper has the potential to be pretty important: Intensive glycaemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review with ...