Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Using Google Maps, you can find the shortest route to drive from point A to point B. This will certainly be true if there is no traffic on the road. However, during rush hour, should you trust the Google Maps (or Mapquest or Yahoo) directions? If people increasingly rely on Google Maps for directions, this…
Today it was announced that my favorite football player, William Henderson, will soon be inducted into the the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Henderson was a fullback on the Packers Super Bowl team in 1997. He also made the Pro Bowl in 2005. News release. William Henderson Wikipedia page. Career Statistics.
I came across this essay from Paul Graham and it truly an excellent piece of insight about how one’s identity informs your opinions. Are you Jewish? You’re more likely to support Israel in any debate. Are you a Moslem? Then you are more likely to side with Palestinians. This is true almost regardless of the…
“It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all.” Thomas Watson, Sr
“Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had.” Michael Crichton, Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003.
I am sick of Brett Favre. As a former Packers fan, he used to be one of my favorite football players. Now I can’t stand the guy. I will play; I won’t play; I will play. Urrgh. Today I want to talk about Favre’s “love of the game.” To entice Favre to return to football,…
I will be out of town until Monday night. Blogging will resume Tuesday.
Spain won the World Cup championship on Sunday with an overtime goal from Andrés Iniesta. Were the Spanish announcers of Canal + excited at the prospect of their country winning the world cup? Listen to this. More coverage: Iniesta de nuestras vidas. A bit too much celebration? Who is Dani Jarque? La pasión roja.
“This can no longer be a profession of craftsmen individually brewing plans for whatever patient comes through the door. We have to be more like engineers building a mechanism whose parts actually fit together, whose workings are ever more finely tuned and tweaked for ever better performance in providing aid and comfort to human beings.”…
The World Cup tournament began today with a 1-1 tie between Mexico and the host South Africa. The USA’s first game is against England on Saturday. Who will win the World Cup? Using ESPN’s Soccer Power Index (SPI), FiveThirtyEight.com predicts the following tournament favorites: Brazil (21.6%) Spain (15.5%) England (11.7%) Argentina (8.8%) Netherlands (8.7%) According…