Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Let’s begin our review of John Finnis’s treatise on “Natural Law and Natural Rights,” and let’s start with the preface. In fact, Finnis wrote two separate prefaces, one for the original edition of the book (published in 1980), and another … Continue reading →

Happy Easter! I put aside “Infinite Jest” during Holy Week in order to begin reading “Natural Law and Natural Rights,” a classic that I have been meaning to crack open for many years now. (The author of this erudite tome, … Continue reading →

The Rev Thomas Bayes died on this day (17 April) in 1761. His tomb is pictured below. While you’re here, check out this biography of Bayes’s life and his major contributions to probability theory. Hat tip: @mathshistory. What will you … Continue reading →

This guy! Trust us, this hilarious video is worth 9 minutes of your time. (File under “Best TED Talk ever.”)

Although the people of Puerto Rico have been debating Puerto Rico’s political status for centuries, no resolution to this deadlock is in sight. My previous work has modelled this stalemate as a war of attrition or “hawk-dove game” (2010) and … Continue reading →

In presidential politics, a “swing state” refers to any State that could be won by either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate, i.e. where the outcome is up for grabs or uncertain. The map pictured below, for example, shows the … Continue reading →

You may have recently seen the first photo ever taken of a supermassive black hole. Very cool, right? But what you have probably not seen is the formal scientific paper (available here) describing the research methods that led to the creation of that … Continue reading →

This remarkable anthology of essays, which was edited by Val Ricks and published in Volume 45 of the Florida State Law Review, includes two concise contributions by yours truly: (a) “A Bayesian Analysis of the Hadley Rule” (pp. 925-928) in … Continue reading →