by Tom | May 5, 2009 | Science
It’s a shame that we still have to explain how and why randomised controlled trials work. They are one of the great intellectual inventions of the human race, allowing us to get a limited view of causality without the blinders of our emotions. In summary: the...
by Tom | Apr 28, 2009 | Science
Extraordinary that people are more worried about terrorism than the economy and that they think everyone else is different. We’re clearly all insane. Then again, since when are surveys ever really valid?
by Tom | Apr 28, 2009 | Science
You’ll quite often find something interesting (read: supporting your point of view) if you analyse a subgroup of an otherwise negative larger group. This one should be taught alongside the “screening for very low probability events” problem.
by Tom | Apr 28, 2009 | Science
Although it has been used as a description of my hair in the sunlight, this time I mean the galaxy we live in. This isn’t it, but it is what we think it looks like.
by Tom | Apr 27, 2009 | Science
I love starting a submission to a subcommittee discussing CO2 emissions with two quotes from the bible (summary: we don’t get to chose to destroy the world, that’s god’s purview, so CO2 emissions can’t be an issue for us). I wonder how many...
by Tom | Apr 23, 2009 | Science
Kuznets curves suggest that there is a natural rise in pollution as economies develop, and then around $8,000 per capita income, pollution starts to reduce, although never to the levels they started at. Maybe this gives some hope for us all: the necessary development...
