The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
I first read this post by Scott Adams:
Quantifying Gullibility
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/quantifying_gullibility/
Which lead me to read the article he referenced:
Research Pinpoints Brain’s ‘Gullibility’ Center
Changes in this region could explain why seniors, children are less doubting
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/08/24/research-pinpoints-brains-gullibility-center
I admit …
Correspondence and collusion between the New York Times and the CIA
Mark Mazzetti’s emails with the CIA expose the degradation of journalism that has lost the imperative to be a check to power
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/29/correspondence-collusion-new-york-times-cia
This an interesting article, as most …
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs – and stuck others with the bill
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829
Much as I …
I started reading this Cracked article:
The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)
http://www.cracked.com/article_19993_the-6-cruelest-science-experiments-ever-were-done-kids.html
The first entry, “#6. Put Kids in the Wilderness, Make Them Go to War” was interesting enough for me to click on the …
How Can One Million People Be This Dumb?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/08/22/how-can-1-million-people-be-this-dumb/
I have been exposed to the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry for most of my life. My parents were quite into various such organizations over the years and I admit to trying …
Artist Samuel Silva’s Incredible Photorealistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/samuel-silvas-amazing-pho_n_1822572.html
Which is real and which is Memorex?
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When the Economist doesn’t support the GOP candidate:
So, Mitt, what do you really believe?
Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious
http://www.economist.com/node/21560864
Nothing shockingly new here, except for the source. Seeing something like …
Too bad there is no chance in hell of it being implemented…
How To Fix The Economy… In One Simple Chart
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-fix-the-economy-in-one-simple-chart-2012-8
This is a fairly short document (and has lots of graphs), I so strongly encourage my reader(s) to …
The closing of American academia
The plight of adjunct professors highlights the end of higher education as a means to prosperity.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012820102749246453.html
Just like there is the GOP complaint toward the Democrats (and Beatles refrain) “tax the rich until there …
Making Data Work
Researchers pursue analogy between statistical evidence and thermodynamics
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/343207/title/Making_Data_Work
I am far, far from schooled in statistics. The one class in my MBA program and much of the lecture sounded like static and jumbled words. However, one …