Seth Roberts, Guest Blogger: Finale?
…I have acne; I try different treatments. You want to get more exercise; you try different ways of motivating yourself. Our neighbor wants to lose weight. He does Weight Watchers,…
…I have acne; I try different treatments. You want to get more exercise; you try different ways of motivating yourself. Our neighbor wants to lose weight. He does Weight Watchers,…
…economists used a modeling exercise and calculated that for the average 13,000 pounds ($23,960) it costs to produce a child through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) the government would recoup 143,000 pounds…
…a multi-billion-dollar diet and exercise industry. A quick look at Amazon.com’s top 50 books reveals just how badly people want to lose weight: there’s Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That…
…tallies the astrological sign of members of the U.S. House of Representatives. This exercise is inspired by the work of Anders Ericsson and others; they find that month of birth…
…permission. I no longer have a profile on either my Yahoo Personals or Match.com account. But to the best of my recollection, here’s what I did have posted. Keep in…
…the same name. Here is Patrick’s response: This conversation, while provocative and a good exercise for the imagination, is for all intents and purposes ridiculous. There are not going to…
…exercise here: taking a common noun that we use all the time and trying to come up with a better name from scratch. Think of it as a chance, however…
…yet been approved by the F.D.A. for children under 5, but based on these articles, that sounds very likely. Dr. Robert B. Belshe, the lead author of the study, is…
…an orchestra, to see whether the candidate “defers to the players, and to what extent he prefers ‘panache.’” I think this is a very worthy thought exercise. I also think…
…this is not a hoax — after George Fox, who can you trust? — it’s an interesting exercise, although it’s unclear to me how a violation of the contract can…
July 9 marks the start of Nude Recreation Week, during which you are encouraged to do household chores, exercise or telecommute in the buff . Nudist vacation destinations are reportedly…
…did call to mind the common exercise of predicting coin flips. Levitt wrote about this topic a while ago: if you ask most people to predict how a sequence of…
…a signed copy of Freakonomics, a Freakonomics yo-yo, or a Freakonomics fact-a-day calendar to the winner. One thing I learned from this exercise is that I’m not so far behind….
South Africa has had, for the last dozen years, what may be the world’s most difficult driver’s license exam. It’s an exercise in extremely defensive driving. Test examiners take off…
…it also keeps you from subsidizing a cause you despise. I’ve always wondered whether anyone would actually mail the check. If they won’t do it, the whole exercise is likely…
…by no-shows, or even competitors — but I can also see how it might make life much more enjoyable. *In keeping with our occasional renaming exercise, can we please stop…
…some numbers. The exercise underscores the needless (or maybe I should say self-interested) bias in many human delay predictions. When a home contractor says your kitchen renovation will be done…
…would set up a charity, and then donate about 3 to 10 percent of his endowment each year. But, he says he wants to exercise his charity in a slightly…
…benefit of growing your own food only works out if you count the unquantifiables such as the sense of accomplishment, learning, exercise, suntan, etc. I very much understand the locavore…
…the trend of incumbency. That is the best way to tell a politician to stop campaigning and get back to the business of governance. Or maybe in a democracy, the…
…is meant to be permanent, or at least long-term; but just as a mental exercise, let’s assume we need a new one. “Our worst critics prefer to stay” ably captured…
…So I guess I’m not a good candidate for Thomas’s exercise. But maybe you are. So let’s hear your 10 favorite living scientists, as Thomas requested. Maybe we’ll get to…
…could also accuse him of a bias toward scientists who write well (psst: I share this bias) or who employ him. But as this was an exercise in personal preference,…
…House’s Office of Management and Budget, in which Orszag talks about writing an exercise contract exactly like what my beloved stickK.com offers: “If I didn’t achieve what I wanted to,…
…exercise. We can improve fuel economy not through the onerous task of developing next-generation lithium-ion batteries but simply by getting people behind the wheels of S.U.V.’s. How? We currently measure…
We previously featured some compelling guest posts by the legal scholar Ethan Leib on the subject of friendship and the law. Now he is back, along with his two co-authors…
…it’s worth, however, Zev Chafets, author of the recent book Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Baseball Hall of Fame, recently wrote an interesting piece for the Wall Street Journal…
…victims these options and, if such an option were given to me, I hope in cool reflection that I would not exercise it. This deranged inspiration falls into the category…
…influence our health through diet, exercise, and/or intervention under the care of our physicians. Q. Do the results tell how much of a risk a person is at for certain…
…Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. The armed nations of the world don’t respond well to unilateral acts of war. Q. It all sounds great as a theoretical exercise, but honestly, don’t…