Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Originally posted on prior probability:
Someone on digg posted a variant of this question on Quora: “What are the chances of survival of individual chess pieces on average.” In reply, Oliver Brennan, a chess aficionado and computer programmer, posted this answer: Image…

Check out this excellent report by Nigel Chiwaya, a data reporter for NBC News. Mr Chiwaya’s comprehensive report contains a complete compilation of who attacked whom (and how many times) during last night’s Democratic debate as well as a cool … Continue reading →

Also, check out this thread on Twitter.

Jerry Coyne ponders this question here. For my part, I am not persuaded by Coyne’s utilitarian defense of Gates (i.e. the fact that Gates has “donated” a lot of his wealth to charity) for two reasons. First, Coyne does not … Continue reading →

Did you know that a century ago eight players from the Chicago White Sox baseball club conspired with professional gamblers to rig the outcome of the 1919 World Series. Here is a recent op-ed (NYT) by John Thorn, a historian of Major … Continue reading →

Alas, according to this report (hat tip: @kottke), this infamous bridge in North Carolina was recently raised an extra eight inches (to 12′ 4″).

Continuing with my survey of illicit promises, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan and David A. Hoffman’s recent critique of hush contracts deserves mention. (Wilkinson-Ryan and Hoffman, law professors at the University of Pennsylvania, published their powerful critique in The Atlantic.) Their Ivory Tower … Continue reading →