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• Math is for Liberal Elitists, Anyway

  
  The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century — Authority: 466
  Have you ever had a coach that asked you to “give 110 percent”? Judging from the infographic below, 193 is the new 110: If you’re going for sheer entertainment value and nothing else, back Palin. It would be like watching a real-life, large-scale version of Marat/Sade .
  5 days ago

• from the annals of...

  
  kitchen table math, the sequel — Authority: 426
  We review the growing literature on health numeracy, the ability to understand and use numerical information, and its relation to cognition, health behaviors, and medical outcomes. Despite the surfeit of health information from commercial and noncommercial sources, national and international surveys show that many ...
  1 week ago

• Climate data games, CRU style

  
  Rene's Apple — Authority: 428
  Alan Sullivan gets to the heart of the global warming controversy and the numerous instances of CRU data falsification, by pointing out what should be obvious- any human-caused warming is local: I won’t gloat, and there is no need to write a lengthy post. The truth is quite simple. CRU, the British climate ...
  1 week ago

• Stimulus jobs gamesmanship

  
  Rene's Apple — Authority: 428
  Economist Greg Mankiw says its perfectly okay for the Obami to say that they think the stimulus is responsible for creating or preserving some number of jobs. But its economic quackery for them to say they know how many jobs have been "saved or created", Paul Krugman to the contrary .  Note the sharp ...
  3 weeks ago

• How to employ 508 people, yet save 935 jobs

  
  Rene's Apple — Authority: 428
  Its the New Math, as promoted by bureaucrats who want you to think the Stimulus package has been a rip-roaring success. A Moultrie, GA agency followed the guidelines supplied by the Administration- take the 508 people employed by the agency and multiply it by the 1.84% pay hike the stimulus funds made ...
  3 weeks ago

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