xaetium

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by xaetium 12y ago
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/default/files/resources/conde.
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by xaetium 12y ago
On this topic, I almost always concur with these people: http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/tag/inequality/
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by xaetium 12y ago
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 statistical analysis on that part. If they did, that mi
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by xaetium 12y ago
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 some awkward legal wrangling going on, because the expe
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by xaetium 12y ago
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.
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by xaetium 12y ago
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 is key; by doing so they get a mu
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by xaetium 12y ago
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
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by xaetium 12y ago
The core of the apple is rarely consumed.
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by xaetium 12y ago
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-minute wait to the stop, you can assess the road yourself a