Thursday, May 28, 2015

Accent inefficiency

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A recent study from the University of Washington at St.Louis, speculates that accents may have a high negative correlation to comprehension...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Downward sloping cognition

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Humans, apparently on top of the mammals’ evolutionary chain, appear to lack some basic cognitive capabilities, as exhibited by their dista...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Seeing is not believing

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Experimentalism and empiricism, corner stones of modern scientific exploration, have substantially dampened step-function changes in knowled...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

The cost of thinking

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A recent article from MIT (1) argues that consumers’ decision processes in the retail arena, replete with confusing choices and an overabund...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Significance

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Statistical significance has let many industries down and built fortunes for many, riding their luck. A recent paper from Duke University ex...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Quantum games

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Research from LMU in Munich attempts to test if quantum particles, such as bosons, follow prescriptions of game theory, a well established ...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Publication pollution

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A recent commentary in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, highlights most academics and those less academic, already knew – the need and desire to...
Monday, April 20, 2015

WISE, Not!

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Recent news that NASA’s WISE orbiting observatory found no tell-tale signs of advanced societies in 100,000 galaxies studied, is a constant ...