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The top of today’s reading list has three articles discussing (a) the blindness of people to their own incompetence, (b) the decline of serious discourse in America and (c) the dismal record of facts in making people better informed …….. and the last article is about the extremely high cost of DUI.
- How facts backfire (Joe Keohane, Boston Globe, 11 July 2010) Hat tips to to Thomas More and Fabius Maximus. Corrected facts do little ot change the misinformed.
- Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments (Justin Kruger and David Dunning, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1999, Vol. 77, No. 6. 1121-1134) Hat tip to Thomas More.
- The Death of Serious Discourse in America (WJ Astore, The Contrary Perspective, 03 June 2013)
- Repeat racist jokes, sleep with female interns: Tips for succeeding at Goldman Sachs revealed (Natalie O’Neill, New York Post) How much of this is for real?
- Curiosity Reveals Mars Astronaut Radiation Risk (Scientific American)
- ‘Sell in May’ for the Fixed Income Crowd—Searching for Alpha for June 2013 (Ben Warwick, AdvisorOne)
- Does Credit Drive the Economy? (Paul Meli, The View from Mars) Thought provoking article with good comments and discussion following.
- Do Banks Create Money from Thin Air? (Dan Kervick, New Economic Perspectives) Dan Kervisk contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
- How to Build a Smarter Internet [Preview] (Larry Greenwater, Scientific American) Will this lead to charging for decent internet service – if you don’t pay extra your material is relegated to elctronic snail mail?
- The Extremely High Cost of a DUI (Craig Donofrio, Money Talks News)
