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Memory Metaphor

Posted on February 07, 2009
Take a moment to reflect on whether the following statement is true or false: "Memory can be likened to a storage chest in the brain, into which we deposit material and from which we can withdraw it later if needed. Occasionally, something gets lost from the 'chest,' and then we say we have forgotten...

Cash4Gold is a Ripoff and Scam?

Posted on February 06, 2009
That's how it seems: Cash4Gold.com?s Super Bowl commercial features pitchman Ed McMahon, who intones, ?Heeeeere?s money!? Traffic to the company's website multiplied by a factor of 10 in the wake of the ad. Its offers to buy jewelry, touted in a Super Bowl commercial, don't always translate into big bucks for customers...

Will $100 Shut People Up? (Applying the James Randi Challenge to Life.)

Posted on February 06, 2009
I've grown impatient in my old age. When people state a stupid opinion or false statement of fact, I no longer argue with no. I do not appeal to reason. Instead, I offer a wager. I say, "OK. I'll bet you $100 that you are wrong." (My best friend and I wager large Papa John's pizzas whenever one of us...

Peter Schiff: Our Ponzi Economy

Posted on February 06, 2009
Things might get much worse.

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Repeating Stuff is a Good Idea

Posted on February 06, 2009
I repeat things, because repeating things is a good idea. From "The impact of repetition-induced familiarity on agreement with weak and strong arguments": Repeated statements are perceived as more valid than novel ones, termed the illusion of truth effect, presumably because repetition imbues the statement with familiarity...

How to Survive a Nuclear Attack by Terrorists

Posted on February 05, 2009
Must-watch video of the year (via Kirkendall). Full of practical tips. Open your mouth during blast so your ear drums don't burst? Who would have guessed? Anyhow, this is a must-see for everyone, and especially anyone who lives in a big city. The first half of the video is a summary of the threat...

Barack Obama is a Federalist?

Posted on February 05, 2009
Any conservative who does not applaud this is a hypocrite:Drug Enforcement Administration agents this week raided four medical marijuana shops in California, contrary to President Obama's campaign promises to stop the raids. The White House said it expects those kinds of raids to end once Mr...

Markopolos: Madoff Did Not Act Alone

Posted on February 05, 2009

Abolish the SEC

Posted on February 05, 2009
If this is the best they can do, why do we keep them around?

Frank Pignatelli Goes Down

Posted on February 05, 2009
The drug-dealing lawyer who sold out his clients has been exposed.

Why Blog?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Scott Greenfield has a thoughtful post about a shift in the blogosophere. Namely, blogs contain less analysis and more "Hey, check this article out" posts. What's missing? There's no analysis, no opinion, no depth of thought or connection to the larger issues surrounding the piece...

Connecticut is Weird

Posted on February 04, 2009
No opening statements?

How to Herd Humans

Posted on February 04, 2009
This also explains why there will always be a thin blue line, and also why you can never trust any group (doctors, lawyers, dentists, real estate agents, cops, secretaries, congresspersons) to self-police: Vasily Klucharev, at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, found that the brain releases more of the reward chemical dopamine when we fall in...

Macroeconomics is Still a Scam

Posted on February 04, 2009
This video is hilarious, and so true. Economists want us to trust them. Yet, like witch doctors, they won't actually make any concrete - and therefore falsifiable - predictions. If you cannot make falsifiable predictions, then you cannot say that your discipline is a science!

The Power of the Blogosphere

Posted on February 04, 2009
This is the best post about blogging you'll read all year: If Harry Markopolos had taken all of his evidence about Bernie Madoff and put it on a blog, instead of submitting it to the SEC, there's a good chance that would have been the end of Madoff right there...

Animal Slavery

Posted on February 04, 2009
Why I don't go to the circus. (Via Mystal.) It's hard to make predictions about future generations. I suspect that in 100 years, circuses will be illegal.

Woman Sues Denver for Not Enforcing Immigration Laws

Posted on February 03, 2009
I've done the research, and these are impossible cases to win. I don't blame the plaintiff for trying: An Englewood woman who was inside the Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop in Aurora when an illegal immigrant allegedly caused an accident that killed three people has filed a nearly $1...

Spot the Alpha

Posted on February 03, 2009
Even Barack Obama gets sucked in: (Via, What About Clients?)

Real-World Survivalism

Posted on February 02, 2009
Here is a series of posts published by a student who lived through Argentina's economic meltdown. Things might get bad in the United States. The articles are good because they cut through the usual survivalism B.S. Most of us will not be living in bunkers or trading silver bullion at at trading store...

Don't Buy a Used Car

Posted on February 02, 2009
Holy crap: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The national wave of auto dealership closures has come crashing down on thousands of people who are on the hook for used-car loans that dealers were supposed to absolve. When a car buyer still owes money on a vehicle he is trading in, the dealer promises to pay off the outstanding loan, then resells the...

Frank Pignatelli Sells Out His Clients?

Posted on January 30, 2009
Whoa. Looks like I was late to the party.

Google Scholar and Book Browsing

Posted on January 29, 2009
I just ordered this book after reading this excerpt on Google Books. If you want to preview a book before buying, check out Google Books.

Availability Bias and Water Landings

Posted on January 28, 2009
Out of several million commercial flights, how many emergency water landings have there been? One. That's it. Statistically speaking, none of us have any change of drowning after an airplane we were on crashed into the ocean. It is literally more likely that lightning will strike you several times than it is that you will die while flying on a...

Where is the Catholic Outrage?

Posted on January 28, 2009
When gay people dared to get married, Catholics took to the streets. They protested. They showed their outrage. Where are those Catholics now? INDIANAPOLIS - Church documents show the Archdiocese of Indianapolis knew about alleged sexual abuse by one of its priests while it was occurring but reassigned him to other churches and never notified police, The Indianapolis Star reported...

Agape World, Inc. was Ponzi Scheme

Posted on January 27, 2009
Another couple of dozen people lost everything: A New York businessman sought by federal authorities in connection with a suspected $380 million Ponzi scheme has been arrested and charged with one count of mail fraud. The businessman, Nicholas Cosmo, founder of Agape World in Hauppauge, surrendered at the Long Island Rail Road train station in Hicksville, N...

Kindle 2.0 Coming Soon?

Posted on January 27, 2009
Amazon.com's e-book reader, the Kindle, may be re-released in upgraded form on February 9th. Rumors here.

Am I My Neighbor's Keeper?

Posted on January 27, 2009
This sad story involves people not accepting responsibility for their neighborhoods: Officials in central Michigan say a 93-year-old man who owed more than $1,000 in unpaid electric bills froze to death inside his home -- where the municipal power company had restricted his use of electricity...

Obama's Alphaness in All Its Glory

Posted on January 27, 2009
Can anyone imagine George W. Bush doing this:The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France.Suck it, conservative betas. Go cry yourselves to sleep...

Entrepreneur.com and Agape World

Posted on January 27, 2009
Entrepreneur.com recently wrote a favorable profile on Agape World, which has now been revealed as a Ponzi scheme. Does Entrepreneur.com even investigate companies before giving them the Hot 100 stamp of approval? How many investors did Agape fleece because of Entrepreneur's favorable press coverage?Here is the link to the favorable profile...

More on the Agape World Ponzi Scheme

Posted on January 27, 2009
A Long Island, New York businessman was arrested for perpetrating a $380 million Ponzi scheme. I did some research, and came across some interesting information. People were on message boards asking about Agape World. Here was one (unedited) post:Has anyone invested with Agape World Inc? They provide bridge loans, and offer investors 13-14% returns...

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