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  • How statistics are twisted to obscure public understanding

    How statistics are twisted to obscure public understanding0

    Mark Twain attributed to Benjamin Disraeli the famous remark: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ In every industry, from education to healthcare to travel, the generation of quantitative data is considered important to maintain quality through competition. Yet statistics rarely show what they seem. If you look at recent airline

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  • Can You Compete with an 1899 American Civics Student?

    Can You Compete with an 1899 American Civics Student?0

    Jay Leno’s Jaywalking segments are notorious for providing multiple facepalm moments. Leno’s classic 4th of July segment is no disappointment in that respect, for it shows multiple interviewees stymied by simple American civics questions. Jay Walking: citizens show no knowledge of… by TalkerOne The fact that the grandfather of the last family in Leno’s interview

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  • What is the Goal of Modern Science?

    What is the Goal of Modern Science?0

    “Whether, in the end, science will prove to have been a blessing or a curse to mankind, is to my mind, still a doubtful question.”—Bertrand Russell, The Future of Science (1924) By any casual reckoning, the modern scientific project has thus far proven a mixed success. To list the pros and cons would be a

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  • Why the US needs more Career and Technical Education

    Why the US needs more Career and Technical Education0

    The National Conference of State Legislatures recently released a report entitled “No Time to Lose: How to Build a World-Class Education System State by State.” Recognizing the United States ranks 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math in international comparisons like PISA, the report set out to discover what high-performing countries were

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  • Students Seek ‘Non-White’ Roommate

    Students Seek ‘Non-White’ Roommate0

    Racial harmony, ever-elusive in American history, is proving difficult in modern America, too. Consider this story from the Claremont Independent: A group of students at the Claremont Colleges are in search of a roommate for next year, but insist that the roommate not be white. Karé Ureña (PZ ’18) posted on Facebook that non-white students

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  • Is Playing Powerball More Rational than Voting for President?

    Is Playing Powerball More Rational than Voting for President?0

    Those who agree have scoffed at the hullabaloo over the Powerball of February this year, with its $1.6 billion jackpot and 1 in 292 million odds. After the drawing, such skeptics smirked at amusing news stories about lottery losers doubling down on their innumerate antics. There was Cinnamon Nicole, a Tennessee woman who had spent

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