The following was a comment posted at Crooks and Liars. One respondent suggested that question #5 was a trick question noting that God and not Moses did the deed. AJ Jacobs Hallelujah! Thank you to my creative friends for all these great Biblical math problems. They’ll really help the Oklahoma school superintendent’s goal of inserting biblical content into math and science! I’ve collected a multitude of the problems into one post for ease of...

from Lars Syll So, certainly, both non-theorists and some theorists have little patience for research that displays mathematical ingenuity but has no value as social science. But defining this work exactly is impossible. This sort of work is like pornography quite simple to recognize when one sees it. Jeffrey Ely As researchers, we (mostly) want to try to understand and explain reality. How we do this differs between various disciplines and thought traditions. Creating a ‘map’ at a 1:1...

In Pictures: The 4th of July Through the Years, by Luke Ryan, 4 July 2022, SOFREP Clicking on the SOFREP link will take you to the site where you can get some history and more pictures depicting the 4th of July over the years. As an XMarine Sergeant I am hoping I am allowed to use this picture. Have a safe 4th of July holiday Angry Bears. I will see you on Thursday. ...

Nationalekonomi — mer fiktion än vetenskap Den värld vi lever i är i grunden osäker och kvantifierbara sannolikheter är undantaget snarare än regeln. Om ”Gud inte spelar tärning” som Einstein hävdade, skulle jag tillägga: inte heller människor. Världen som vi känner den kan endast i begränsad omfattning förstås utifrån antaganden om säker och fullkomlig kunskap. Dess inneboende och nästan obegränsade komplexitet och ’organiska’ samband förhindrar...

Proteste gegen die internationale Schuldenpolitik Das Bündnis erlassjahr.de, das sich mit Unterstützung von 500 deutschen NGOs seit Jahren für eine Entschuldung einsetzt, sieht beim IWF und der Bundesregierung als einem der wichtigsten Anteilseigner des Fonds eine Mitverantwortung für die Proteste in Kenia. Und damit auch für die Toten durch Polizeigewalt. Der IWF habe Demonstrationen gegen die massiven Steuererhöhungen vorausgesagt, aber trotzdem...

 – by New Deal democrat Since tomorrow is the Big Holiday, initial and continuing claims were reported today. [Also, on a programming note, later this morning I will also post about the ISM non-manufacturing survey once it is published, since it now plays an increased role in my forecasting]. Initial claims rose 4,000 last week to 238,000, while the four week average increased 3,250 to 238,500. Continuing claims, with the usual one week delay,...

JOLTS report shows stabilization in almost all metrics for May  – by New Deal democrat The JOLTS report for May showed most metrics continued to show a slight rebounding from their March lows. The overall picture for now appears to be one of stabilization, consistent with the fabled “soft landing.” To the data: job openings (blue in the graph below), a soft statistic that is polluted by imaginary, permanent, and trolling listings, rose...

Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? ZEITmagazin: Professor Walzer, is Israel waging a just war against Hamas? Michael Walzer: Yes. Of central importance, however, is the distinction between ius ad bellum, the just reason for going to war, and ius in bello, the just conduct in a war. The massacre of October 7 is a just cause for going to war; Israel obviously has the right to defend itself. However, there is much to criticize about the way Israel is...

PATTO DI STABILITÀ/ “Le regole Ue restano miopi, ma il Governo può reagire” Pubblicazione: 29.06.2024 - int. Sergio CesarattoIl fatto che in diversi Paesi europei ci saranno manovre restrittive non aiuta un continente che è tra l'altro impegnato in una guerra ai suoi confini Il Consiglio europeo si è chiuso con la nomina dei “top jobs” Ue per la legislatura appena iniziata. Tra i primi impegni della nuova Commissione, che con tutta probabilità sarà guidata ancora da...

Will Biden drop out?  Should he?  What then? To run or not to run So far Biden seems determined to stay in the presidential race.  He and his campaign have worked hard to tamp down any talk that he might step aside.  Yet there is a reasonable chance he will step aside, especially if his polls drop.  If he stays in and loses, he will have to live with the fact that he lost one of the most consequential elections in American history.  Just as...