Jonah Lehrer, Proust, And The Tyranny Of Salami

Jonah Lehrer, Proust, And The Tyranny Of Salami

In the scientific community, researchers call it salami slicing. Appropriately, the act consists of shaving down a collected dataset until a scientist reaches the smallest scrap of result that still…
Why Government Appears Inefficient

Why Government Appears Inefficient

Three reasons why government can look less efficient than it really is: 1. Cherry-picking in privatization. Let’s suppose we could rank government agencies or services in descending order of…
Why We Love Outing Internet Trolls

Why We Love Outing Internet Trolls

Michael Brutsch appeared to be an upstanding citizen. He is the father of a teenage son who joined the Marines, loves cats, and lives with his disabled wife in Arlington, TX. As a programmer for a…