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Despite my repeated and public protests (see here, for example), I am scheduled to teach five in person sections (with up to 200 students per section) in the same small crowded classroom! To make matters worse, three of those sections … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Although it was Trump people’s who negotiated the now-infamous withdrawal deal with representatives of the Taliban last year (see picture below, right), Joe Biden’s incompetent implementation of this illicit agreement, his continued prevarications (see here),…

Scientific American published its very first issue on this day (Aug. 28) in 1845. But what does it mean to think in “scientific” terms? To me, it means thinking in terms of probabilities and degrees of belief, not moral certainties, … Continue reading →

With apologies to my colleague and friend Robin Hanson, that is the tentative title of my next project, which builds on my previous work “Betting on Conspiracies,” which is forthcoming in The Journal of Law & Public Policy. By way … Continue reading →

While we are on the subject of pedagogical papers (see my previous post), I thought I would share a link to my previous teaching note, “So Long Suckers: Bargaining and Betrayal in Breaking Bad,” which is available here via SSRN. … Continue reading →

Kudos to my past and present teaching assistants–Christiana Champnella, Benjamin Mayo, Morgan Travers, and Antonella Vitulli–and to Michael McMahon and the editors of the St Louis University Law Review. Our pedagogical paper “Teaching Tiger King“–the final draft of which is … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
(And my birthday!) On this day in 1944 the Allies liberated Paris from the Nazis, a major victory and symbolic turning point in the Second World War. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUz2XvgaIEo

Note: this is my last blog post on “the law and ethics of Chegg.” Why hasn’t Chegg, the largest and most successful online contract-cheating platform in the world, been shut down yet? My Criminal Complaint against Chegg is now available … Continue reading →