The world is divided into two types of people. You are either a “Know It All”, been there, seen it, done it. Understand everything and never change anything. I am sure you know one. Alternatively you are an “Ask Hole”, the sort of person who keeps everybody in lessons late because they keep asking stupid […]
Bias
I have just read a blog post about the claimed link between autism and the MMR programme. It is a fascinating read. Despite the numerous surveys that have been undertaken to prove that there is no statistical basis for the claims, the writer still persists. I guess that no amount of facts or data will […]
Evolutionary Pressure
Outsourcing costs jobs right? It is bad for the economy; exporting jobs to low wage countries. Well maybe not. In an interesting economics paper John van Reenen of the LSE puts a different slant on it. His view is that the increased imports from China and India have led to job losses in areas of […]
Getting Away with Murder
A Chinese man, Zhao Zuohai, who was sentenced to death and spent 11 years behind bars for murder has been acquitted and given £65,000 compensation. In 1999 a neighbour he had fought with disappeared and a headless body was found. Police assumed that the body was the neighbour’s and, under pressure to find the murderer, […]
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