Professor C. Marc Breedlove, who measures the lengths of people’s fingers, and who was mentioned in one of our recent Guardian columns, sent us a letter. He says that: 1. We were probably wrong to call him “a giant” in that field. 2. We got the facts of one of his studies wrong: “Apparently you […]
Month: November 2007
The head of your turkey
If you are not consuming the head of your Thanksgiving Turkey, you may consider the ‘Freeze Dry Service’ offered by Hazel Creek Inc. of Green Castle, Missouri. Here is the procedure: Cut head off and freeze as quickly as possible. Freeze heads in a small amount of water in a Ziploc bag. Place heads in […]
Dying to beat the taxman
Joel Slemrod and Wojciech Kopczuk have found evidence that people will do pretty much anything for money – even die for it. They tell us all about it in a study called Dying to Save Taxes. Economists like to believe that people make rational decisions and base all their actions on cool self-interest. In the […]
November mini-AIR
The November issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Triumph of the Brians (1 and 2); Proof Less Strange Poet (triumph and nitpicker); Caffeine and the Learned Honey Bee; Crabs, Yawns, Stools, Frogs and a Jerk; Learning and Hooking; etc. (If you would like to have mini-AIR automatically sent to your email box every […]