Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a person’s obligations or opportunities to speak about some topic exceed his knowledge of the facts that are relevant to that topic.
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I am sure you didn’t know about this one. On the site of Denmark Statistics (those guys that record everything about anything that has something to do with Denmark…) you can actually check how many Danes have a certain name, with both first and last name queries allowed, in 2006 and 2007.
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Here’s what I would call a very welcome idea from the new editor of Economic Inquiry, Preston McAfee:
More insidious, in my view, is the gradual morphing of the referees from evaluators to anonymous co-authors.
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In today’s Science online: wonderful title, wonderful article, wonderful research. Took quite a while, but the victory is sweet indeed…
“If two players face off at checkers and neither makes a wrong move, then the game will inevitably end in a draw.
→ Read more Highly recommended: ‘Intelectualii publici- mod de intrebuintare’
Ultimul capitol din cartea lui Adrian Gavrilescu, “Noii precupeti. Intelectualii publici din Romania de dupa 1989” (carte despre care am mai scris aici si aici) e un sumar-epilog excelent al unui studiu deosebit de interesant si, din cate stiu, unic in peisaj autohton.
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