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What computer language do you speak?
Via the excellent Cliff Pickover, we found this table compiled by Katie Bouwkamp listing “the 9 most in-demand computer programming languages of 2016.” We’re not sure if this table lists the total number of computer programming jobs in the aggregate … Continue reading
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“Facebook 101”
This summer, we are teaching a large undergraduate course (n = 305) on “the legal and ethical environment of business.” Specifically, we will focus on the founding of Facebook–as depicted in the bestseller “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich–to explore … Continue reading
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“Immoral Promises”
That is the title of our most recent work in progress, which we posted here on the Social Science Research Network. As the title suggests, the focus of our paper is on illegal and immoral promises, like the ill-fated partnership … Continue reading
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Science stamps
The Royal Mail (U.K.) has launched a special stamp set in honor of British inventors. The stamps pictured above depict a wide variety of British inventions (moving clockwise, from top-left to bottom-left): the World Wide Web, the world’s first digital computer … Continue reading
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Traffic Jam Paradox
Notice how a single car in the video below creates a chain-reaction leading to a traffic jam. Thus the paradox: given driver behavior, what if building more highways (or expanding existing ones) doesn’t result in reductions of traffic jams? Instead, … Continue reading
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QWERTY art
Pictured below is a computer keyboard monument created by artist Anatoly Vyatkin. This massive sculpture was designed to mimic an IBM PC keyboard. It consists of 86 stone blocks, each weighing up to 1,000 pounds, and is located in Yekaterinburg, … Continue reading
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Mi Antonia (mi abuela querida)
On this Mother’s Day, we wish to remember “Abuela Cuca,” our beloved maternal grandmother …
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Why did it take us so long to update our Trump priors?
File this post under “confirmation bias” or “reverse halo effect.” Nate Silver is the world-famous “data scientist” whose claim to fame is his ability to predict elections by aggregating polling data. Last summer (July 20, 2015), Silver explained why Donald … Continue reading
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A “CV of failures”
A Princeton psychology professor has posted his CV of failures online (2016) https://t.co/6C6xkzH6ro — Tolu Ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) June 19, 2019 What would yours look like?
Posted in Academia, Bayesian Reasoning
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prior probability 