The inevitable perversion of measurement
Supposedly one of the tactics in the fight against obesity is to
Errors
Popularizing tiny effects
I found my way to Mark Liberman's post at Language
Three complaints about medical journalism
It's very frustrating to read journalism about health and medicine.
Derman, Rodrik and the nature of statistical models
I just finished Emanuel Derman's new book, "Models Behaving
Update on Contador
Alberto Contador is the elite cyclist and 2010 Tour De France winner
Steve Forbes is a socialist
He may not have the self-knowledge but Steve Forbes is a socialist.