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Our theories always outstrip our facts. Giving facts a chance to catch-up.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

One hell of an impression by Emily Chung

One hell of an impression by Emily Chung
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Labels: Archaeology, Crete, Discovery, Paleonathropology, Paleontology, Science

Monday, February 19, 2018

Jordan Peterson Reveals a Glitch in The Matrix of The Blue Church by Robert

Jordan Peterson Reveals a Glitch in The Matrix of The Blue Church by Robert
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Labels: Analysis, Change, Perspective, Postmodernism

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. by Bruce Sterling

Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. by Bruce Sterling
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Labels: Buzzwords, Deception, Digital, IoT, Jargon, Language, Technology, Urban Planning

The Tilted Road Illusion by Susana Martinez-Conde

The Tilted Road Illusion by Susana Martinez-Conde
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Labels: Optical Illusions

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making Shane Frederick

Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making by Shane Frederick
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Labels: Complex Multi-causal Adaptive Systems, Decision-Making, IQ, Measurement

Monday, February 5, 2018

Was McCarthy Right About the Left? by Nicholas von Hoffman

Was McCarthy Right About the Left? by Nicholas von Hoffman
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Labels: Communism, Conspiracy, Irony, McCarthyism, Reality

LOL Something Matters by Daniel Engberger

LOL Something Matters by Daniel Engberger
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Labels: Cognitive Pollution, Facts, Fake News, Psychology, Replication, Truth

Women’s voices might be scarce in economics, but they are abundant and over-represented in most academic fields and graduate school overall by Mark J. Perry

Women’s voices might be scarce in economics, but they are abundant and over-represented in most academic fields and graduate school overall by Mark J. Perry
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Labels: Argument, Economics, Gender, Measurement
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In college, I used to cut out articles from newspapers and tear out the articles from magazines that I wished to keep. Later, I photocopied reports, articles, and essays. Later still, with the advent of near universally accessible computers, printers and the internet, I printed out that in which I was interested. Now I will try and just use a blog to park those dozen or so items a day that I skim, find interesting and/or aggravating, and intend to come back to later.

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A family man, a management consultant, a book seller and an avid reader. Committed to helping children become avid readers in turn. The great chain of reading always needs renewing.
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