Bărbata nu pentru o bere obişnuită se duce la Irish [Pub].
La patru dimineaţa zâmbetul chelnerului e un cadou.
Mezei Nelli, “Noapte Lunga la Timisoara”
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Does knowledge of economics make you happier?
The read of the week. The author of Bluematter is “[a]n occasionally tactless economist [who] opines on economics, politics and everything else. ” And who choses to remain anonymous on the following grounds: “This blog reflects my personal views and is in no way representative of those of my employer or my mum.
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Descoperirea saptamanii: de departe, cel mai promitator nou blog din ClujBlogRoll. Ingrediente majore in posturile de pana acum: stil, acel epsilon necesar de imprevizibilitate si, mai ales, elementul “exposure”. Un debut de exceptie (perfectibil, dar reusit) a carui implicatie nu poate fi decat “I’ll be returning soon, hungry for more” (yep, Anton Ego becoming my alter ego…).
→ Read more The spinning dancer and the actual evidence
Steven Levitt questions (quite convincingly, despite the small sample size and possible selection issues) the main “predictions” associated with the direction people see this ballerina spin. Levitt (who also sees the dancer turn only clockwise, as I do) shows that probably all associations in the article were reversed and the left column should have been the right column (next to that, it also appears that it isn’t even true that most people see the dancer turn anti-clockwise)… I thought so, since I deemed most of them speculations, to start with.
→ Read more Quote/movie scene for week 14th- 20th of October ’07
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment.
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