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...might say you get dismal science, but that's a bit glib. You certainly get some strange claims - like the contention of three economists that autism may be caused by watching too much television at a tender age. It gets stranger still when you look at the data upon which this argument is based. The as yet unpublished Cornell University study, which will be presented Friday at a health economics conference in Cambridge, Mass., is constructed from an analysis of reported autism cases, cable TV subscription data and weather reports. Yes, weather reports. And yet, it all makes some kind...
...largest course, had no clear place. Some have speculated that the omission of economics may be a product of faculty backlash against former President Lawrence H. Summers. Others have suggested economics fits under “analytic reasoning” or suggested that economic issues would be sufficiently touched upon in other required areas...
...he’s just too weird. And he’s from Harvard so there’s hope for you. Tom ShillueStand-up comedianRR: Why did you become a stand-up comic? TS: I didn’t want to be. It was actually thrust upon me because people would laugh at me unexpectedly. I figured if nobody takes me seriously in life I might as well just switch professions.RR: What did you do before? TS: I was helping my dad run an ice cream store in Randolph Massachusetts. It’s on the blue collar side...
...both accessible and meaningful.“Sensorium” is presented in two parts. Part 1, on display in MIT’s List Visual Arts Center from Oct. 12 to Dec. 31, features artists Mathieu Briand, Janet Cardiff/George Bures Miller, Ryoji Ikeda, Bruce Nauman, and Sissel Tolaas. Upon entering the “Sensorium”, participants are immediately transported into a futuristic world. French artist Matthieu Briand’s “UBIQ, a Mental Odyssey” transforms the gallery entrance into a spaceship based on the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey...
...Bush - to warn North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il against any further nuclear testing. Earlier, a commentary in the official People's Daily newspaper warned that if North Korea tested again, China would consider cutting off the grain and oil supplies not covered by the U.N. resolution, but upon which North Korea's survival is heavily dependent. As the country responsible for almost 40% of North Korea's trade and most of its energy supplies, China is certainly in a position to exact a heavy price for any further nuclear provocation...