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Two questions about degrees of belief
Previously, we saw how the Bayesian notion of “degrees of belief” offers a possible solution to the preface paradox. Here, we shall consider some philosophical or epistemic objections to this idea of “degrees of belief.” In his thought-provoking and beautiful … Continue reading
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Facebook 101
This fall, we are teaching a large undergraduate survey course (n > 800) on “the legal and ethical environment of business.” Instead of trying to cover everything, we will focus instead on the founding and subsequent explosive growth of Facebook–as … Continue reading
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The Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Via kottke, we found this 20-page government-issued, World War II era guidebook called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual. University administrators and business managers take note, here is tip #3: Organizations and Conferences: When possible, refer all matters to committees, for … Continue reading
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A silly recursive game
Happy Monday! We stumbled upon the following pointless game via the Facebook page of our friend and colleague Dennis Wye Keen Khong: It’s National Book Week: The rules: grab the nearest book to you, go to page 56, and copy … Continue reading
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Musical mortality
Check out this fascinating actuarial analysis of the life expectancy of popular musicians (broken down by musical genre) prepared by Dianna Theadora Kenny, a professor of music and psychology at the University of Sydney. According to Prof. Kenny, accidents are … Continue reading
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The Cuban origins of Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea”
We will be presenting our work-in-progress titled “Misappropriation in The Old Man and the Sea” at the XVII Biennial International Hemingway Conference taking place in Oak Park, Illinois this week. (We presented a previous draft of this paper last year … Continue reading
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