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Monthly Archives: November 2016
Open Thread 63.75
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever.
SSC Journal Club: Expert Prediction Of Experiments
I. It’s been a good month for fretting over failures of expert opinion, so let’s look at DellaVigna & Pope, Predicting Experimental Results: Who Knows What? The authors ran a pretty standard behavioral economics experiment where they asked people on … Continue reading
Open Thread 63.5
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever.
Open Thread 63.25
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever.
OT63: Open Pit Mining
This is the bi-weekly visible open thread. There are hidden threads every few days here. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: 1. The Report Comment button is back. Thanks to 75thTrombone for fixing things up. 2. … Continue reading
The Alzheimer Photo
A professor recently brought my attention to this photo of Alois Alzheimer and his colleagues in Munich (source): Alzheimer is the very-German-looking guy with the silly mustache third from the right on the top. Far right is Friedrich Lewy, discoverer … Continue reading
You Are Still Crying Wolf
[Content warning: hate crimes, Trump, racism. I have turned off comments to keep out bad people who might be attracted by this sort of thing. Avoid sharing in places where this will attract the wrong kind of attention, as per … Continue reading
Open Thread 62.75
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: Good news, everybody! Thanks to 75thTrombone, the ‘Report Comment’ option is back at the bottom right of every comment. Please resume snitching on … Continue reading
Open Thread 62.5
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever.
Book Review: House of God
I’m not a big fan of war movies. I liked the first few I watched. It was all downhill from there. They all seem so similar. The Part Where You Bond With Your Squadmates. The Part Where Your Gruff Sergeant … Continue reading