Comfort class to Beijing

Comfort class to Beijing

Very happy to get a “First Class seat with business class service” to Beijing today. Sounds like Cathay Pacific’s homage to “one country two systems”. Yes, that’s my guest seat.
Can we fix wine tasting?

Can we fix wine tasting?

It is pretty clear that wine tasting does not work the way we might think it ought to. Experts contradict themselves over time in their scoring of the same wine Experts in a test can't tell if a wine is red or white when it is the same white wine dyed red...

Amazing reflections on how good humans are at throwing. The…

Amazing reflections on how good humans are at throwing. The drum stick analogy should still you into silence. #totrblog   High Throw New: @whatifnumbers, a Twitter feed of numbers I find while answering questions. Prev · High Throw. How high can a human throw...
The little circle of life

The little circle of life

Really thought provoking. Other great thinking points on the page: Additional things I’ve realized: There are more Muslims in the circle than outside of it. There are more Hindus in the circle than outside of it. There are more Buddhists in the circle than outside...