Data/Science Links of the Week
Some recent posts and articles from around the internet:
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"Study shows gender bias in science is real. Here’s why it matters" http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...
- "Sizing Up The American Dream" http://www.npr.org/...
- "Groups Make Better Self-Interested Decisions" by Gary Charness and Matthias Sutter http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/...
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"An Illustrated Bestiary of the Econ Blogworld"http:// noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2bestiary.html … via
@adelaigue@Noahpinion - "The Weatherman Is Not a Moron" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/magazine/the-weatherman-is-not-a-moron.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share … "Expert meteorologists are forced to arbitrage a torrent of information to make prediction"
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"Astrology guides some financial traders" (probably not the good ones) http://www.marketplace.org/t/astrology-guides-some-financial-traders … and http://www.salon.com/housands_of_wall_street_traders_follow_astrology/ …
And several posts on the French GMO story:
- "France and European Commission Order Review of Controversial GM Study in Rats" http://news.sciencemag.org/sci…
- "Under Controlled: Why the New GMO Panic Is More Sensational Than Sense" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/c…
- "From Darwinius to GMOs: Journalists Should Not Let Themselves Be Played" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lo…
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"Most
of what you read was wrong: how press releases rewrote scientific
history" http://arstechnica.com/staff/2… by
@j_timmer
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