Monthly Archives: September 2007

Human Errors and Bad Science

Bad Science is my new favorite site. Last week I almost wrote a post about a study that showed that women prefer pinker colors while men prefer blue. The authors suggested that it was because women needed to be able to forage for berries and perceive emotional hues on faces when we were living in [...]

Inkling Markets

The people at Inkling have an interesting method for predicting the future. They essentially create stock markets for a possible future. People can buy or trade shares in each possible future. The Eisenthal Report set up a predictive market for the 5th district Democratic primary in Massachusetts. People involved in the market buy and sell [...]