Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Scientific American published its very first issue on this day (Aug. 28) in 1845. But what does it mean to think in “scientific” terms? To me, it means thinking in terms of probabilities and degrees of belief, not moral certainties, … Continue reading →

With apologies to my colleague and friend Robin Hanson, that is the tentative title of my next project, which builds on my previous work “Betting on Conspiracies,” which is forthcoming in The Journal of Law & Public Policy. By way … Continue reading →

While we are on the subject of pedagogical papers (see my previous post), I thought I would share a link to my previous teaching note, “So Long Suckers: Bargaining and Betrayal in Breaking Bad,” which is available here via SSRN. … Continue reading →

Kudos to my past and present teaching assistants–Christiana Champnella, Benjamin Mayo, Morgan Travers, and Antonella Vitulli–and to Michael McMahon and the editors of the St Louis University Law Review. Our pedagogical paper “Teaching Tiger King“–the final draft of which is … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
(And my birthday!) On this day in 1944 the Allies liberated Paris from the Nazis, a major victory and symbolic turning point in the Second World War. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUz2XvgaIEo

Note: this is my last blog post on “the law and ethics of Chegg.” Why hasn’t Chegg, the largest and most successful online contract-cheating platform in the world, been shut down yet? My Criminal Complaint against Chegg is now available … Continue reading →

Note: this blog post is the sixth in a multi-part series on “the law and ethics of Chegg.” I will be posting my Criminal Complaint against Chegg, Inc. and Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig in the next day or two, but … Continue reading →

Check out this report describing every fireball meteor that has hit the Earth’s atmosphere in the last 33 years.

My August 23, 2021 issue of The New Yorker (the cover of which is pictured above) arrived in the mail on Friday, and among the essays that caught my attention was this one on mental models and Bayesian reasoning by … Continue reading →