Ever feel like a peasant begging for scraps outside of Newton’s laboratory?
From Wired’s The End of Theory: “Scientists are trained to recognize that correlation is not causation, that no conclusions should be drawn simply on the basis of correlation between X and Y (it could just be a coincidence). Instead, you must understand the underlying mechanisms that connect the two. Once you have a model, you [...]
Hans Rosling on TED Talks
This presentation by Hans Rosling, a Swedish public health expert, is hands-down one of the most engaging presentations I’ve ever seen. It’s about 10-15 minutes long, and within it, he debunks many of the myths about the gaps between the first and third-world countries. It doesn’t sound exciting, I know. But trust me. The guy [...]
