Who is best at the Olympics? Not America
I am not particularly interested in sports unless it involves statistics. Recently, a major topic on X is posting about this or that US winner. Stuff like this: So let's…
Good vs. bad scientific questions
The scientific method is a kind of general truth generating approach that involves: Making some claim (hypothesis) in clear enough language (clarity) ... ... that some observation can be done…
January book reviews (4-6): Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley
There's 2 books left of the January books, but one of them were not that noteworthy in the literal sense that I didn't take any interesting notes while reading them.…
January book reviews (4): Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
In this 4th book review of those I read in January, we come to Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa,…
January book reviews (3): Matt Ridley’s How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time (2020)
I decided to review all books I read, which also serves as a motivator for making notes when reading (actually, I only highlight text and memory is usually enough reconstruct…
January book reviews: part 2 Acemoğlu & Robinson
We continue the January book reviews. I had initially wanted to put them all in one post, but that would have been obscenely long given my notes. So we move…
Book reviews for January 2026
I tend to write 2 types of book reviews: 1) full length singular posts, and 2) short summaries for many books by year's end. The trouble with the second approach…