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December 30, 2008
Things I enjoyed without having much to say about
Is There Really a Credit Crunch? I've been wondering about this too
European Neanderthals had ginger hair and freckles This seems more support of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Humans.
Suspiciously high correlations in brain imaging studies I've been skeptical about the arguments of brain specialization made from MRI analysis because they reek of correlation as causation and the samples are near universally small, say 30 people or fewer. Now I can add statistically shenanigans to the reasons to worry about them.
I want to be a cockroach This is an interesting argument against over specialization. However, I think he's wrong about the lack of differentiation in cockroaches (Mantodea, Isoptera, and Blattaria). Some can fly and others can't. They range in size from tiny to 9 cm. Some hiss or chirp and others are silent.
Physics Murder Mystery Only 3 people can share a Nobel, but what if 4 people deserved it equally? Set the your particle accelerators to murder.
"Students in Montgomery County, Maryland use fake license plates to send speed camera tickets to enemies" These traffic cameras are part of a horrible anti-freedom system of laws where we are guilty until proven innocent. Especially when we know that municipalities have been shortening yellow lights to use them to raise more money. I hope that these jerks in Maryland accidentally strike a blow for the rest of us by discrediting these systems.
Brilliant: Credit Suisse To Pay Top Execs With Illiquid Mortgage Securities Details still seem sketchy, but this was clearly a brilliant PR move. As a business matter, I doubt it makes much difference. Most executives had to be expecting close to zero this year, and whatever they got from this was probably gravy. If there is a liquidity crisis and a market panic, this is a great deal for executives if the bonuses based on the current prices of these assets and not their face value. If the economy recovers quickly they could be quiet valuable. If that happens, in hindsight these will be huge bonuses in a terrible year. That would be bad PR, especially if Credit Suisse stock continues to suffer.
Posted by OneEyedMan at December 30, 2008 5:48 AM
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