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Sunday Links

By mikethemadbiologist on October 18, 2009.

I'm enjoying the Nor'easter, so here are some fun links for you. Science:

Error-riddled 'Superfreakonomics': New book pushes global cooling myths, sheer illogic, and "patent nonsense" -- and the primary climatologist it relies on, Ken Caldeira, says "it is an inaccurate portrayal of me" and "misleading" in "many" places.

Error-riddled 'Superfreakonomics', Part 2: Who else have Nathan Myhrvold and the Groupthinkers at Intellectual Ventures duped and confused? Would you believe Bill Gates and Warren Buffett?

The Shoddy Statistics of Super Freakonomics

An Open Letter to Bill Maher on Vaccinations

Consensus, what is it good for?

Other:

Why Newspapers are Dying: George Will Has Reached His Sell-By Date edition

The best & the brightest capturing their value-add

Goldman Sachs: 'Trading With Advantages'

The Dominance of the Financial Sector Has Become a Mortal Danger to Our Economic Security

How the Servant Became a Predator: Finance's Five Fatal Flaws

The Service-less Service Economy

Where there's a (George) Will there's a way (to be a preening, pompous ass)

Wall Street Smarts

How CBO budget scoring devalues efficiency ... WITH PUPPIES!

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