The biggest things I’ve worked on for a while have finally gone public in the last few weeks. One is the new, shorter and very much improved happiness survey, which I’ll say more about once I’ve written up the methodology. … Continue reading
I just read about a delightful Astrobiology paper called “A Two-Tiered Approach to Assessing the Habitability of Exoplanets.” The paper itself is behind a paywall, so I’m reliant on secondary reporting, but here’s the abstract: In the next few years, … Continue reading
Things that have happened in the past few days: We learned that insider trading is legal, if you have a seat in Congress. Police raided Occupy Wall Street, in a manner difficult to distinguish from the Baseej. In preparation for … Continue reading
I’m pretty sure the Euro isn’t going to last another year; at least not without throwing a country or two out of the single currency area and to the dogs. I don’t think I’m particularly clever for seeing this – … Continue reading
Some of the feedback I got in response to the trial fact check column I posted a couple of weeks ago was that I should try making it a good deal more concise. I’m also interested in seeing how it … Continue reading
