Monthly Archives: February 2010

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.overcomingbias.com%2F2010%2F02%2Flegalize-dud-drugs.html So HGH doesn’t do anything?

Self described multitaskers are stupider. There are a few things that are posited to be correlated, here:1. Multitasking and poor cognitive performance2. multitasking and poor memory3. poor memory and poor cognitive performance (obviously). Which way does causation run? My guess … Continue reading →

The thesis is that we don’t do any “work” at work Getting a massive following on the net, now, but the implication is that we should be just left alone to “get on with it” and get “work” done. In … Continue reading →

New York Edition

It works!

10 minutes

First impressions rule

but the history of dioxygen difluoride is entertaining. h/t michael nielsen

the evidence we have available right now suggests that conservatism is losing, indeed has already lost, most of the next generation, As a response, we get something often misattributed to Churchill: Francois Guisot (1787-1874): “Not to be a republican at … Continue reading →

Very interesting profile via Tyler Cowen, who, I think, dances around the most interesting issues in the article and comments on Krugman’s travel habits and his Sci-Fi love instead. Maybe he’s worried about engaging with the prickly stuff. He teases … Continue reading →