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Celebrity Death Test
It is almost impossible for the layperson to rationally determine the seriousness of any new disease and whether it has the potential to be the next Black Death. I’m thinking of the new Swine ‘Flu, […]
Month: April 2009
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Tax, Cut, Sell, Or…
First my standard disclaimer, Economics Makes My Brain Hurt. I am but a mathematician, and businessman, I suppose. And although I cannot and do not claim to know anything about running a country (which is […]
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Numbers People And Symbols People
Are you a numbers person or a symbols person? You should instinctively know the answer. Let’s step back a bit, are you a cat person or a dog person? A cat person? Like me then. […]
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Society Has Finally Risen To The Level Of Its Own Incompetence
The Peter Principle (named after Dr Lawrence Peter) is the idea that people “rise to the level of their own incompetence.” Originally it was proposed in a humorous book published in 1968 but has since […]
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The New Empress’s Clothes
I apologize in advance for this mini blog. But you all now expect me to get things off my chest, and I do like to tell it how I see it. Nevertheless this still pains […]
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G20 End Of Term Report: B Minus, Could Do Better – See The Teacher
As I write this I have not seen details of the G20’s agreement and related events. So I’m going by soundbites and rumours that I’ve heard in the last few hours. Nevertheless, I can’t resist […]