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Trump against the world
In our previous post, we mentioned that a small number of scholars (about 150 intellectuals at last count) have openly declared their support for Donald Trump. According to their public statement, the 150 are voting for Trump for the following reasons: … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Deception, Economics, Law, Politics
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Trick or treat? Here is a list of scholars who support Trump for President
Some 150 North American scholars and writers have openly declared their support for Donald J. Trump. (You can access the complete list here.) Below the fold are the five main reasons they give for supporting Trump:
Posted in Current Affairs, Law, Politics
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Is postseason day baseball dead?
Why aren’t any of the postseason games at Wrigley Field day games? Because the suits at Major League Baseball and the TV networks are greedy bastards. In the words of sportswriter Ryan Fagan: … it’s known start times are heavily … Continue reading
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Presidential Meta-Poll (updated)
1. Will the results of this year’s presidential election confirm or disprove the median voter theorem? 2. Further questions: (a) How do we determine who the “median voter” is in the real world, and along which policy dimension do we … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Economics, Mathematics, Politics
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Is price-gouging immoral?
Gregory Mankiw, an economics professor at Harvard, wrote this ringing economic defense of ticket scalping and price-gouging generally. In his essay, Prof Mankiw revisits the laws of supply and demand from his Econ 101 course to explain why he was more than happy to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Law, Philosophy
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Conway’s Cosmogram
More math art here, by Bronna A. Butler. (Hat tip: Cliff Pickover.)
Posted in Art, Mathematics
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10 x 10 = 100 (time scarcity edition)
Tim Urban, who blogs at waitbutwhy.com, wrote up this short but thought-provoking blog post on time scarcity. In brief, he estimates that most people sleep about seven or eight hours a night, which leaves 16 to 17 awake hours each … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Time
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All politics is local (Electoral College reform edition)
Instead of wasting time with term limits, codes of ethics, or campaign finance reform laws, what if we redesigned the federal electoral process by allocating electoral college votes by county, with one county = one electoral college vote? In the … Continue reading
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prior probability 