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Oscar Statistics: Money, Men, and Maturity; Plus Our Predictions

This article was written with the assistance of the very employable John Briggs, who did all the grunt work. Also see And The Winner Goes To...Oscar Statistics Wrap Up. Which…

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And The Winner Goes To…Oscar Statistics Wrap Up

Our model was right: The King's Speech won. In this weekend's Oscar Statistics post, we modeled the chances of each nominated movie. We guessed that the movie most likely to…

Culture

Vicar Of Vintage Vinyl Vanquished: Danny Stiles Dead At 87

It finally happened, though we thought, we hoped, he would go on forever. Danny Stiles, radio personality in the New York metro area for over 60 years, died on Friday,…

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Freeman Dyson, NPR, TSA X-rays, Northwestern University’s Bachelor Party

The Lady Tasting Tea continues tomorrow. Freeman Dyson Speaks From our man-on-the-spot WS comes this link to an interview with Freeman Dyson regarding his work "In Praise of Heretics." That…

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A Citizen’s Top Style Choices

In a hurry this morning. The Wall Street Journal ran a long interview with tailor Ethan Newton who, we learn, is moving to Hong Kong. Mazel Tov to him. After…

Philosophy

Hayek Versus Keynes

The video "Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two" (via Econstories.tv) allows us to discern one reason why reporters side with the forces of large government. Hayek's corner…

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Wishcasting The End Of The World: Update

Wishcasting is when a forecast or prediction is shaded in the direction the forecaster or predictor wants the event to happen. For example, if you forecast this weekend's weather, you…

Statistics

The Pathetic Madonna

The insane level of self-regard and idiotic self-indulgent behavior we accept from our celebrities should embarrass us. There will always be utterly spoiled brats, but that these blots on humanity…

Briggs on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
They are everywhere, Yawrate.
Johnno on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
U.S.A.!!! U.S.A.!!! U.S.A... I mean... U.Ka.Raine!!! U.Ka.Raine!!! U.Ka.Raine!!! The war is not meant to be won, it's meant to be…
Yawrate on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
Lee, I think you've misinterpreted what Briggs wrote (poorly). I believe he meant that sentence to be better understood as…
Brian (bulaoren) on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
Pimpocracy
Phil R on Class 3: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Belief & FaithApril 23, 2024
And what caused the existence of this entity that exists outside of time and space? Or is it turtles all…