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The value of a good education lies in its signalling power too. There are plenty of good professors in non-elite schools, many undergrad classes are approachable enough that a self…

You are right that visiting the campus is a weak signal. However, the decision came with a plethora of other decisions, some probably fair, some more reminiscent of the Asians-have…

Viewership statistics of movies do not take into account pirated movies mostly because it's difficult to count. Tax offices might only care about movies sold, but producers regular…

I searched for "underground", "black" (market/economy) and "undeclared" in the article, but it yielded no results. I am surprised given that (1) the rise of the underground economy…

Tangentially related but very good read. Thanks for sharing.

As a French, it saddens me a bit to say that but you also missed one point: culture. My background includes some grad school experience at a top French university and then at a top…

Agreed. If one thinks about it broadly (not just the clichéd look-I-made-it cars) and one might see it more often: having a considered socially desirable spouse/partner, going to c…

This has been posted here before but it seems relevant (about explaining the lower Japanese salaries vs US, https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan... ): “Most…

You need to consider the following elements: -You compare the S&P and two Six Sigma funds over different timelines. The index yielded much less than 9% on 2004-2015 (you can halve …

You might be right to believe that Facebook's PR team is weak or that Experian's practices are bad, but the Experian comparison isn't stunning. Experian's name recognition is nowhe…

Some (off the top of my head, Taleb) advance the argument of survival bias: Smarter criminals are less likely to get caught and so, are less likely to be offered a seat by Chris Ha…

I think the implication is that Japanese companies in Japan pay generally less than American companies in Japan, which seems true at least when comparing Japanese and American big …

It's not a fallacy fallacy since I point out one weakness in the article but do not assume the proposition is wrong for that reason. Actually, if you read my last paragraph, it's o…

Ad hominem is wrong, but so is argument from authority. My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher I’ve spent the last 15 months researching the implications and possibilit…