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In my view, scientific theories are not to be considered ‘true’ or ‘false.’ In constructing such a theory, we are not trying to get at the truth, or even to approximate to it: rather, we are trying to organize our thoughts and observations in a useful manner. Robert Aumann What a handy view of science. How reassuring for all of you who have always thought that believing in the tooth fairy make you understand what happens to kids’ teeth. Now a ‘Nobel prize’ winning economist...
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Le prix Nobel d’économie 2020
Le prix de la Banque de Suède en mémoire d’Alfred Nobel décerné lundi 12 octobre aux deux économistes américains Paul Milgrom (72 ans) et Robert Wilson (83 ans) renoue avec la tendance majoritaire des attributions du « prix Nobel d’économie » depuis sa création, en 1969 : le couronnement d’une longue carrière d’économistes, le plus souvent nord-américains, vouée à l’élaboration de modèles théoriques d’amélioration du fonctionnement des marchés dans le sens d’une plus grande...
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Who lights the stars? Thirty-one years ago. A newly wedded couple celebrating in front of the church in Jönköping where the act took place. People say time heals all wounds. I wish that was true. But some wounds never heal. Even after twenty-seven years you just have to learn to live with the scars. In memory of Kristina Syll — beloved wife and mother of David and Tora. [embedded content]
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