Mon: “Building on theories used to describe magnets, scientists have put together a model that captures something very different . . .”
Tues: Questions about “Too Good to Be True”
Wed: “The Europeans and Australians were too eager to believe in renal denervation”
Thurs: Ethics and statistics
Fri: Differences between econometrics and statistics: From varying treatment effects to utilities, economists seem to like models that are fixed in stone, while statisticians tend to be more comfortable with variation
Sat, Sun: As Jonah Lehrer would say: Something is happening but you don’t know what it is
By the way, did you know that Jonah Lehrer has refitted his homepage so that is now a science-y blog? Yes, exactly, that means that you need not live without his output any longer:
http://www.jonahlehrer.com/
God, am I happy my fear didn’t come true that he might think it would be a good idea to do something else with his life. How long will it take for some outlet to give him a “second chance” because “gifted” and “genius” and “everybody has flaws”, like Kanazawa?