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Stephen Hawking and John Oliver

I’m sure they helped Hawking with his lines, but this is nonetheless surprisingly funny:

No, I’m Not Anti-Science

My Facebook post after I took my son to DC: During the Smithsonian planetarium show we learned (a) the cohesion of galaxies means there must be a bunch of “dark matter,” (b) the acceleration of universe’s expansion means there must be a bunch of “dark energy,” and (c) using E=mc^2, the dark energy + dark […]

Quiz in Reading Comprehension

I realize we’re all busy and this is silly, but suppose you are trying to figure out which boxer (or both?) broke Ali’s jaw: Ken Norton or Joe Frazier? And then you stumble upon this article which ostensibly will clear it up for you. I encourage you to take 3 minutes and quickly read the […]

Spitznagel Snaps

Whoa, when he’s not taking calls from Dan Aykroyd, Eric Spitznagel goes off on people on Twitter. To get my Austrian fan base to read Eric’s NYT piece, I tweeted out: This amused Eric (I’m using first names not because we’re buds, but because I don’t want you to confuse him with Mark the investor) […]

Bill Cosby Dispelled the Evil Spirits Keeping Him Down

This isn’t exactly religious, but it’s spiritual in a way. I found this very moving. It’s Cosby’s acceptance speech for the recent American Comedy Awards. YouTube’s Embed info isn’t loading for some reason, so I’ll send you directly to the link.

It’s Easy to Boo When the Guy’s Not Right There

This happens at conferences when people talk about how “David Friedman pwned Murphy” in the Porcfest debate and I’m standing right behind them.

George Clooney Doesn’t Know How to Hedge His Portfolio

I realize there are non-pecuniary reasons to engage in wagering, but still: Well if George is singing another tune now [he just got engaged–RPM] he could have to pay out to Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman. She previously told Jonathan Ross they had a $100,000 bet over whether George would tie the knot. “He’s just […]

Old White Rich (?) Guys Complain About Privilege

Krugman links to his panel discussion at CUNY on Piketty’s book. Here’s the screenshot: Piketty himself is only 42. (But it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s in the 1% himself this year or next, depending on the structure of his book contract.) Anyway it just jumped out at me to make this observation. Carry on.