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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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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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Drawing a parallel between our reluctance to seek advice and the experts’ reluctance to take the market-generated probabilistic predictions in an un-discriminating, un-critical fashion

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson: [...] We rarely seek out advice, and when we do it is usually on much smaller decisions. [...] One reason we avoid getting advice is that it lowers our status relative to those who give advice. Of course … Continue reading →

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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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