Link of the day: People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia These findings suggest that something about congenital blindness may protect a person from…
Daily Posts
Tuesday, 03.03.2020 – Captain Joe And The Marvels Of Aviation
Link of the day: Captain Joe’s YouTube Channel Recently, my friend Tobi showed me the YouTube channel of Captain Joe, a pilot who explains lots…
Monday, 02.03.2020 – Are Economists As A Whole Harmful?
Link of the day: Nobel Price Laureate Paul Romer on the question whether economists do more harm than good In the 19th century, when it…
Sunday, 01.03.2020 – Betting On the Reproducibility of Scientific Studies
Link of the day: Replication Markets Replicatiomarkets is a scientific project that aims to assess how reproducible scientific studies are – and how we might…
Saturday, 29.02.2020 – Did Van Gogh Really Cut Off His Ear?
Link of the day: Art historians claim Van Gogh’s ear ‘cut off by Gauguin’ Also this: Van Gogh gouged by Gauguin? I don’t believe it
Friday, 28.02.2020 – Medicare For All
Link of the day: Last Week Tonight on Medicare For All British Comedian John Oliver on American Healthcare. Worth a watch. At First, Remote Area…
Thursday, 27.02.2020 – How Quickly Can China Recover From The Economic Fallout of Coronavirus?
Link of the day: Twittter thread on the ability of China to recover from the coronavirus Interesting take on the economic context of the coronavirus…
Wednesday, 26.02.2020 – Why FiveThirtyEight Gave Trump A Better Chance Than Almost Anyone Else in 2016
Link of the day: Why FiveThirtyEight Gave Trump A Better Chance Than Almost Anyone Else Fivethirtyeight is a polling site run by Nate Silver that…
Tuesday, 25.02.2020 – Congress Could Give Every American a Pony
Link of the day: Congress can give every American a pony This piece from the LA Times gives an entertaining introduction to some of the…
Tuesday, 11.02.2020 – Scotland On Track to Reach 100% Renewable Energy in 2020
Link of the day: Scotland On Track to Reach 100% Renewable Energy in 2020. Also: Wikipedia on this Scotland was at over 74% in 2018…