The nice thing about this mathematical controversy is that everyone can understand it. Τ (tau) equals Π times two. The circumference of a circle is 2Πr where r is radius of that circle, so it also equals Τr. Another way to express this … Continue reading
From this week’s Normblog profile of Emma Lee Potter (these lines are consecutive, I haven’t altered the sequence): Do you think you could ever be married to, or in a long-term relationship with, someone with radically different political views from your … Continue reading
This is an interesting interview with Thomas Pogge (via Norm Geras). He is concerned about global inequality and, while I don’t instinctively agree with his (redistributive) remedies, reading the piece made me aware how much room for agreement there can … Continue reading
He’s taking questions here.
Guido’s latest post claims BoJo was a blagger: In the now famous taped conversation between him and Darius Guppy, just months before the latter would be busted in a £1.8 million insurance scam, Boris conspired to have a News of the … Continue reading
Giving it a try:
I don’t want to pile in gratuitously, like a chicken at a peckin’ party as McMurphy put it in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, but this is quite extraordinary. A week or so ago, Johann Hari gave a speech in which … Continue reading
Here. Via.
The News of the World yesterday became the subject of a second police inquiry after Scotland Yard announced that it was to investigate whether the newspaper made illegal payments to serving police officers. [...] None of the officers is said … Continue reading
Obama asked people to submit questions via Twitter. Iowahawk asked some.