Gravity and Grace, El Anatsui (Ghana), 2013- Currently @ Brooklyn Museum
OTHER POSTS
Interpreting Statistical Evidence
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/05/interpreting-statistical-evidence.html 1) In evaluating any study try to take into account the amount of background noise. That is, remember that the more hypotheses which are tested and the less selection which goes into choosing hypotheses the more likely it is that you are looking at noise. 2) Bigger samples are better. (But note that even […]
Can money buy happiness? Wine edition
Felix Salmon, one of the most respected economists in the world wrote a very interesting, funny piece on how wine is one of the few things that can buy happiness (in his opinion). If you study what happens in blind tastings, you get the same result over and over and over again. You can try […]
SARDOGS NEPAL
We connected with SARDOGS Nepal on twitter and think the work they are doing is awesome. Here is their mission statement and some work accomplished: More than 70 % of our Nepalese people live from farming, fishing and day labor jobs. Many are spending their entire lives in remote area villages. When in these communities […]
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