January 2010
Climate change took just months
Six months is all it took to flip Europe’s climate from warm and sunny into the last ice age, researchers have found.
They have discovered that the northern hemisphere was plunged into a big freeze 12,800 years ago by a sudden slowdown of the Gulf Stream that allowed ice to spread hundreds of miles southwards from the Arctic.
Previous research had suggested the change might have taken place over...
Can We Please Stop Saying the Market is Efficient?
When you look around you, in the world of business, one sometimes can’t help wonder where Darwin went wrong… How come we see so many firms that drive us up the wall, how come we see silly business practices persist (excessive risk taking, dubious governance mechanisms, corporate sexism, grey suits and ties to name an eclectic few), and how come so many - sometimes well-educated and...
“The Puzzling Paradox of Sign Language
It takes longer to sign words than to...”
– Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: The Puzzling Paradox of Sign Language
“how to make $1 billion:
STEP 1: Form a bank.
STEP 2: Round up a bunch of...”
– How To Make The World’s Easiest $1 Billion
/businessinsider.com/
“Advertising “destroys value” in society, report claims by Staff...”
– http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/973811/Advertising-destroys-value-society-report-claims/
“The Coen Brothers and Serious quantum theory By Roger Ebert From Rob Owen,...”
– :: rogerebert.com ::
Long Bets →
“Over a ten-year period commencing on January 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2017, the S & P 500 will outperform a portfolio of funds of hedge funds, when performance is measured on a basis net of fees, costs and expenses.”
-Warren Buffet
“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So...”
– /http://synapticstimuli.com/we-are-nature/
“A paper by Mark Grinblatt and two Finnish guys whose names I can’t...”
– http://falkenblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/iq-and-trading-profits.html
FFFFOUND! | Misguided Ghosts. →
“Tom alerted me to this fantastic brief case published in the British Medical...”
– Mind Hacks: Hard as nails
