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Ruth told me about a program she heard while drving home yesterday – about how apparently 53% of all Americans believe the world was created around 6000 years ago and that the bible is to be understood literally (about creating the world in 6 days and so on). I found this web site . . . → Read More: Interesting difference between USA and the rest of the world Perfect hindsight is a wonderful thing – we really shouldn’t have sold our UK house when we moved to Germany in 1980! Thanks to the The Economist for pointing it out. Update: At least we are considerably better off, than this family in Morocco, who don’t have anything to laugh . . . → Read More: British house prices The issue of whether the toilet seat should be left up or down after use seemingly generates a lot of passion among the parties concerned, however, scientific inquiries into the matter are almost non-existent. Notable exceptions are Choi (2002) and Harter (2005). Choi (2002) argues that the rule of leaving the toilet seat down . . . → Read More: Game theory applied to toilet seat positions The music industry has been complaining for years that CD sales are falling, and blaming it on piracy, especially people uploading files to the internet. But could there be a far simpler explanation? Business Week has a very plausible suggestion – we simply don’t have enough time to listen to more music. (Seen at . . . → Read More: Too little time |
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