Tag Archives: errors

Einstein’s 23 biggest mistakes — [LISTING]

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Albert Einstein’s 23 biggest mistakes: 1905 – Mistake in clock synchronization procedure on which Einstein based special relativity. 1905 – Failure to consider Michelson-Morley experiment. 1905 – Mistake in transverse mass of high-speed particles. 1905 – Multiple mistakes in the … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil’s analysis of his own predictions is 146 pages long and uses the word “wrong” 10 times and the word “error” 2 times.

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Ray Kurzweil’s PDF. Wikipedia on Ray Kurzweil’s predictions. Ray Kurzweil’s prediction track record is investigated by IEEE Spectrum.

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Big flaw in Google Search results

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Instead of featuring: – HOME, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s film/movie — Download HOME — The Earth From Above Google Search ranks #1 a post that has nothing to do with Bertrand’s film, but that just mentions the post above, at the end, … Continue reading →

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FAIL: “profit” made on a 0% increase.

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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Journalism Failures — Big Time

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

— – In February 2001, Fortune magazine named ENRON the “most innovative company”. – In October 2007, Robin Hanson, on the Overcoming Bias blog, re-published the falsehood that James Surowiecki (and 3 other book authors in their respective book) made … Continue reading →

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