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Fear and loathing in Las Vegas with Reverend Bayes
A trip to Vegas, an evil clown, a bizarre coin, and a minister. "What could go wrong?" I commented in a footnote of an earlier post that one of my favorite – no, morally obligated ...
Desperately diving for pearls of great price
You would be shocked to learn how fast you can make it to the bottom of a lake with a cinder block tied to your leg. I know this rate, by my own empirical investigation, to be ...
Ain’t I got a right to be wrong?
I was a whiz kid in college. You know, the kind of kid my professors wanted to whiz on. The reason: I was quick to argue, often too quick. College presented a very competitive ...
Do risk analysts dream of electron microscopes?
From as early as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a scientist. Indeed, while most kids my age were doing normal, healthy kid things on summer afternoons, like engaging ...
How a 1979 MG taught me to love risk analysis
At the tender age of 17 I sold my soul to a 1979 MG Midget. Or, at least I sold my body into indentured servitude to it.
Combination of assessed distributions
Discover how combining assessed distributions can enhance your modeling. Learn techniques to improve accuracy and insights in your analyses.
Marginal vs. effective tax rates
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his tax returns, and the news channels were abuzz with commentary about his effective federal tax rate of 13.9% on $21.7M of income.
