Some think World War 3 will be started by a WW 2 designed bomber – a B-29 knockoff
27 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
Doom Mongers: the Quiz
24 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
Activists have predicted environmental catastrophe for decades. In addition to a poor track record, they share similar arguments, language, and metaphors.
German physicist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber with his new book. Click for photo source.
Concern over climate change needs to be understood in its historical context. Activists, scientists, and politicians have been delivering ultimatums to the public for decades: stop what you’re doing, follow our advice, or humanity perishes.
Can you guess when the following proclamations were made?
[This is] the decade of decision. Profound changes are required. We must create a new global compact for sustainable development. YEAR – (original source here)
the world has a 10-year window of opportunity to take decisive action on global warming and avert catastrophe.YEAR – (original source here)
humanity is on the way to unintended self-combustion, if we do not immediately turn to the path of sustainability. YEAR – (original source here)
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Europe in the 13th century
20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
Europe in the 13th century. https://t.co/zXeayLMJIj—
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Sociology: “I love you.” Economics: “I know.”
17 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
Sour grapes, by Sy Clark. https://flic.kr/p/yFT3a Asociologist who knows how to use python or something could do this right, but here’s a pilot study (N=4) on the oft-repeated claim that economists don’t cite sociology while sociologists cite economics.
I previously wrote about the many sociologists citing economist Gary Becker (thousands), compared with, for example, the 0 economists citing the most prominentarticle on the gender division of housework by a sociologist (Julie Brines). Here’s a little more.
It’s hard to frame the general question in terms of numerators and denominators — which articles should cite which, and what is the universe? To simplify it I took four highly-cited papers that all addressthe gender gap in earnings: one economics and one sociology paper from the early 1990s, and one of each from the early 2000s. These are all among the most-cited papers with “gender” and “earnings OR wages” in the…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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