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A 2016 fable (“Hillary Rodham and the seven dwarfs” edition)
Who you got? (Not pictured: the seventh dwarf–Ted “Grumpy” Cruz.)
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Should passports become obsolete?
After all, you don’t need a passport to travel across State lines within the U.S., so why do foreigners need a passport or even a visa to enter the United States? Why won’t any government-issued I.D. suffice? Heck, why do we even … Continue reading
Cowen’s First Law is self-refuting
The hyper-productive Tyler Cowen recently formulated his “first law” of logical argumentation as follows: “There is something wrong with everything (by which I mean there are few decisive or knockdown … arguments, and furthermore until you have found the major flaws … Continue reading
Is a Snickers candy bar tax deductible?
In a word, no. What if you ate the candy bar during work hours while you were working? The answer is still no. The larger question is this: are snacks ever deductible? And do you prefer a simple “bright-line rule” or … Continue reading
Good or bad idea? (“I’m feeling lucky”–Google car edition)
Hat tip: Tonto3.
The culture that is Germany (sausage vending machine edition)
Hat tip: DanBale (via reddit).
Pop Quiz (game theory edition)
The image above (courtesy of Matt H. Evans) contains four colorful quadrants depicting the basic elements of game theory, a mathematical approach to human behavior. Which one of these quadrants, however, is redundant?
Office Art (“Post-it” edition)
In case you’re wondering, you can order black Post-its here. Hat tip: Wall_Rat.
prior probability 