- Ada Palmer: How is Inventing the Renaissance an SFF-Related Work? This is not the first time I have heard of Ada Palmer’s book about the renaissance. In fact, the book is how I found out about Ada Palmer in the first place. And after this preview it just had to end up on the pile.
- Ben Taub: Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning? Put this one in the holy smokes category. I have increased the subjective probability of my own pet conspiracy theory to 5% based on this absolutely bonkers tale of medical and scientific misconduct.
- Dan Q: That’s Not How Email Works, HSBC. A short tale of bureaucratic malpractice.
- Andrew Gelman: OK, I reread that classic paper by Paul Meehl, and . . . An important insight about the difference between how hard and soft sciences use statistics hidden below a bad title with even worse typography. Has Gelman never heard of ellipses?
- Nicolas P. Rougier: Get Things Done with Emacs. Yes, I need an intervention.