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Haha - I think maybe only the directors of The Adam Smith Institute have read the original. Fortunately, after one of them did, he wrote this: http://www.adamsmith.org/sites/defaul…

On this topic, I almost always concur with these people: http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/tag/inequality/

It may be the combination is new; I don't know the exact state of the field, but: This experiment uses a single photon, so they don't have to sample multiple times and make a stati…

In these types of quantum reality-probing experiments, any problems of experimental design that affect the validity of the findings are referred to as loopholes, as though there's …

I often find myself wondering if the major problem with any given statistical analysis is whether Bayesian inference ought to have been used at all.

Haven't we already learnt that the world reacts badly to 'being saved'? I cite religious battle. But seriously - this article forgets that 'nerds' measuring what they call success …

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

The core of the apple is rarely consumed.

I like when the nanny state is occasionally thwarted by its toddler citizens' wants: the New Routemasters in London are a great example. Rather than the agonising 20-metre, 10-minu…