The following dose of drivel appeared in the Telegraph.co.uk news report dated 13 July 2009. “Bright blue eyes have long been viewed as a quality that can help to attract the opposite sex. Now research suggests having piercing blue eyes may also say something positive about your level of intelligence. Scientists believe they may have [...]
Another grab from Nate Silver’s 538 Blog (Did I tell you I love that blog?) “Iran’s Guardian Council has admitted that the number of votes collected in 50 cities surpass the number of those eligible to cast ballot in those areas. “The council’s Spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, who was speaking on the Islamic Republic of Iran [...]
In a group discussion of awards and recognition, I asserted the following: Most award, reward, recognition and similar programs are aimed at the individual (treating every person as a special cause). Sometimes that’s appropriate, but generally it is the system as a whole (of which the people are a part) that produces the variation in [...]
