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The Kingdom of Physics
Props to kottke for the pointer. More info about this strange map via Quantum Pontiff.
“Let’s make a (marijuana) deal …”
Check out this Bloomberg Business video “Why Peter Thiel’s fund is investing in marijuana” and Andrew Ross Sorkin’s thoughtful essay in The New York Times exploring the ethics of investing in the marijuana industry. Sorkin reports that “legal marijuana businesses raised $104 million in … Continue reading
Is Riggs v. Palmer a “hard case”?
For many legal scholars, the paradigm or textbook example of a “hard case” in law is Riggs v. Palmer, the infamous “murdering heir” case decided in 1889 by the New York Court of Appeals. The facts of this legendary case would make tabloid and … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Law, Probability
Tagged Hard Cases, Prediction Theory of Law, Riggs v. Palmer
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“Did I adequately answer your condescending question?”
We can’t wait to see blackhat, the new Michael Mann film about computer hackers who take down the international banking system. In the meantime, our favorite film about computers and hackers continues to be “The Social Network.” Above is one … Continue reading
From Pakistan to the Kamchatka Peninsula
Alternate title: “The longest straight line you can sail.” Props to Ambamja for the pointer.
Foie gras and freedom
Foie gras is a fancy food delicacy, and until a few days ago, it was also an outlaw product in the State of California. A federal judge in Los Angeles–our childhood hometown, by the way–recently issued a judicial order enjoining … Continue reading
Judge Hercules or Judge Bayes?
Here is the abstract of one of our thought experiments, which we have been working on over the holidays: This paper explores two possible connections between hard cases in law and Newcomb’s Paradox in philosophy. One is that Newcomb’s Problem is … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Philosophy, Probability
Tagged Hard Cases, Prediction Theory of Law, Thought Experiments
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Publish or perish …
According to our friend Walter Olson at overlawyered.com: “CNN, NYT, AP, NBC, ABC, the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, and the CBC, will *not* be running Charlie-Hebdo cartoons, though a number of American publications did so, including Daily Beast, Vox, and Bloomberg. No UK paper on Thursday … Continue reading
Nous somme Charlie Hebdo
Nous ne sommes pas encore libres?
prior probability 