Archive for March 11th, 2008
Cantor set
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Wabulon, a blagger at Gene Callahan's Crash Landing, wrote a post that Kelly would probably like about the Cantor set. I didn't get it at all. I used to be good at math, really good, before I got too close to that vast discipline known as number theory. I never ...
Why computers work and health care doesn’t
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008I think arguing by analogy is quite effective as a way to introduce an argument to someone whose beliefs are very different from yours. It can be quite instructive. Bill Walker wrote a good article last month about the contrast between the computer industry and the health care industry. Instead ...
Well, then I’m going to live forever
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Yet another study extolls the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular health. The study actually didn't find that drinking wine makes you live longer, probably because it wasn't a long enough study. After 4 years of follow-up, new moderate drinkers had a 38% lower chance of developing cardiovascular disease ...