if i thought you were listening, i'd never say a word

(This expands on some ideas I touched on in the post about the single-event probability fallacy. If you have a sense of deja vu, that’s ...

Suppose you and I are going to play a co-operation game. There are many strategies for these, but the most beneficial is tit-for-tat: start ...

I came across a video of what was supposed to be the "Best Drop Ever" from Carl Cox, and then Skrillex. Horrible stuff with all th...

Here’s a choice. I can give you £50. Or you can play a game which gives you a 50% chance of winning £100. Which do you want to do? Mostly ...

My 2018 Box Set is all eight seasons of House . I watched my way through S1 during the Great Flu, and have despatched the first disc of S2 a...

The month started on a high note. I saw the Basquiat exhibition Boom For Real at the Barbican, followed by lunch at the Cote Brasserie acro...

Entrepeneurs in Cars had a list of six lessons learned in 2017. Three caught my attention: 1. Only a very small proportion of men are will...