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Now Janie eagerly awaits her chance to readjust to campus. She recently found a part-time job at a restaurant, working the night shift. But given the time frame, she won’t be able to accept the Harvard grant, and she will have to continue working through the...
“I learned a lot not just about the science of [chronobiology], but also, if you will, the business end of it—of how to actually optimize your experiments so that you get the most amount done,” said Low, who is considering business...
Also, in order to use the ice luge, you have to crouch down in an awkward squat just to take a shot. Apparently nobody has come up with the idea to prop an ice luge up to allow for standing luge runs. And inevitably, the drunkest, heaviest person in the...
Admittedly, it is hard to argue with such a positivist position, particularly when financiers and policymakers are willing and eager to rely on the appearance of mathematical certainty they provide. Certainty is attractive: Investors like companies with steady returns, just like individuals purchase insurance to hedge against the unknown; even marriage, if you will, is a quest for certainty...
The first is closely related to a philosophical idea popularized by Soros himself: reflexivity. Originally developed as a sociological concept, reflexivity incorporates the essential feedback loop between cause and effect into analysis. This is best illustrated through self-fulfilling prophecies; think about a bank run à la Northern Rock...