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Blog Kings
And the nominees are: (a) Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution) (b) Robin Hanson (Overcoming Bias) (c) Jason Kottke (kottke) (d) Eugene Volokh & Company (Volokh Conspiracy) These “blog kings” are our favorite individual bloggers. Who else should we … Continue reading
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Objet d’art
We love how the artist (Lee Vandergrift) took an ordinary object and turned it into an “objet d’art”… Happy Thanksgiving!
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True or False?
"Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know." ~Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) pic.twitter.com/la7cjUQjsJ — Cliff Pickover (@pickover) November 24, 2015
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“Since 1954, 34 Godzilla films have been made …”
That sentence is from Helena Kealey’s insightful essay “Transformation of Godzilla” (via The Telegraph). That’s about one Godzilla film every 21 months or so! So, here is our question of the day: Why do movie studios around the world still make Godzilla films? … Continue reading
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Voting paradox (federal courts edition)
Independent scholar David Post (via the Volokh Conspiracy) recently brought the following “wild voting paradox” to our attention. In general, appeals at the federal level are decided by a panel consisting of three judges. Now, let’s imagine a case involving … Continue reading
“Windows 1.0”
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the launching of Windows 1.0, Tom Warren–a self-described “resident Microsoft expert”–has compiled a complete “visual history” of Microsoft’s popular operating system for personal computers. (Check out Warren’s work here, via The Verge.) This … Continue reading
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New Research on Divorce and Feminist Pedagogy
Earlier this semester, we published our first two student articles in our capacity as faculty editor of the Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Central Florida (the UCF URJ), a peer-reviewed journal for student authors. One article explores possible … Continue reading
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Batay Vètyè
Today is the 212th anniversary of this epic event, the culmination of the Haitian people’s fight for freedom known as the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, a historic revolt led by slaves. Haitian rebels decisively defeated the French at the Battle … Continue reading
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Self-deception primer
Hat tip: Cathy O’Neil (via mathbabe.org)
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prior probability 