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Homicide data by weapon
Let’s ban knives, too? There’s no need for a complicated regression analysis, via Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution), here are the raw data for 2014:
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Deception, Law
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Is stare decisis a tautology?
Stare decisis, or the principle of binding precedent, means that a decision made by a court is binding on that court itself in future cases and on all inferior courts in the same legal jurisdiction. The rationale for this principle is the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Logical Fallacies, Paradoxes
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Is an immoral promise a “promise”?
We address this paradoxical question in our work-in-progress titled “Immoral Promises.” We consider this question to be a “paradoxical” one because people are generally supposed to keep their promises according to most theories of morality. In short, most philosophers think it is morally wrong … Continue reading
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#WeAreOrlando #SomosOrlando
Nunca te olvidaremos. We will never forget you.
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Light pollution map
Via imgur (h/t glowdirt). Click on the map to enlarge.
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Maps
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The law of the law of the law of interpretation?
As we mentioned in our previous blog post, William Baude and Stephen Sach recently posted on SSRN an 85-page magnum opus titled “The Law of Interpretation.” (By the way, on the bottom of each page of their article, there is an … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Logical Fallacies, Philosophy
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The law of the law of interpretation
William Baude (University of Chicago) and Stephen E. Sachs (Duke University) recently posted on SSRN an important paper titled “The Law of Interpretation.” (How important? Their paper will be published in the Harvard Law Review–that important!) Law professors like Baude and … Continue reading
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Most stolen books
"Most Stolen Books" shelf: Congrats to #HarukiMurakami, @BretEastonEllis, @chuckpalahniuk, #KurtVonnegut & others pic.twitter.com/c7uEGztajF — Vintage Books & Anchor Books (@VintageAnchor) June 3, 2016
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prior probability 