Tim Harford
Person on 4 sites
Economist, Financial Times columnist (“The Undercover Economist”) and presenter of the Cautionary Tales podcast.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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People's behavior is generally predictable rather than random. (opens korrents.com)
“No supercomputing was required: Shannon's machine had just 16 bits of memory. We humans are not hard to read.”
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A tossed coin is more likely to land on the same face it started on than on the opposite face. (opens korrents.com)
“Persi Diaconis, celebrated both as a mathematician and magician, has found that a coin toss is, in general, a 51/49 proposition in favour of finishing the same way up that it started.”
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Most multiple-choice test question writers are more predictable than they think. (opens korrents.com)
“None of these methods guarantees success, but they do improve your odds because most setters of multiple-choice questions are more predictable than they realise.”
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People's behavior is generally predictable rather than random. (opens korrents.com)
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15 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Man From the Future (opens rcmnd.app)
“Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man From the Future – A biography not only of the genius’s genius, John von Neumann, but also of von Neumann’s ideas and influence, which are nearly impossible to exaggerate. Serious and…”
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The Art of Fairness (opens rcmnd.app)
“David Bodanis, The Art of Fairness – A delightful and moving exploration of nice guys, nasty guys, and what it takes to succeed without being a jerk.”
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The Art of More (opens rcmnd.app)
“Michael Brooks, The Art of More – The history of how ideas in mathematics (such as algebra, geometry, statistics and accountancy) helped to shape the modern world. Given my own predelictions I was delighted with this…”
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The Man From the Future (opens rcmnd.app)