The curious thing is that the article is generally full of quite sensible advice for managing employees but its just wrapped up in this bizarre alternative universe neurobabble. Somehow we’ve got to the point where people feel they can’t give good advice without waving poorly-understood neuroscience around like it was a recently enlarged willy. Se […]
STATISTICS LESSON: Randomness all around you
I consider myself as prone to foolishness as anyone I know, in spite of my profession and the time spent building my expertise on the subject. But here is the exception; I know that I am very, very weak on that score. My humanity will try to foil me; I have to stay on my […]
The power of numbers: Sudoku distractions
Investigator Adiyasa Dwitama alerts us to two news reports about Sudoku puzzles putting people in peril: No sudoku during takeoff and landing! Mistrial due to sudoku?
Mason Porter joins LFHCfS
Mason Porter has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: I think there should be a special section of the club for people (like me) who have first and last names that can be swapped to get the name of another person who exists. (Though Porter Mason doesn’t seem to be a […]