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BAD NEWS IN THE EVENT OF A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: Overconfidence by inexperienced doctors diagnosing zombie infections — When they tell you “overconfidence is an issue everywhere,”

TURKEYS CAN FLY! Are turkeys the suited connectors of the animal world? A reader calibrates my belief with this YouTube video (If there’s a WKRP in

REBELLION AGAINST THE BOTS! A new study exposed Twitter users to opposing-view bots: It didn’t end well Left to our own devices, we aren’t likely

WHEN UNDERDOGS WIN, HOW MUCH DO FORECASTERS LOSE? A view from Nate Silver, and why predictions are treated differently in sports than in politics We

NEW STUDY PROVES IT: WE’RE PRETTY EASY TO FOOL False news laps the truth on Twitter Last week @ScienceMagazine published a large-scale investigation of how information spreads

AMAZON PAYS $1 BILLION FOR A BUSINESS REJECTED ONSHARK TANK Getting past “right-and-wrong thinking” to a more nuanced evaluation of decisions Amazon is buying Ring,

STEVEN PINKER IS ON ONE TRACK, THE NEW YORK TIMES IS ON THE OTHER It’s the start of a hypothetical moral question, with no right answer and

THINGS I LEARNED FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH JAMES ALTUCHER I recently appeared on James Altucher’s (@JAltucher) podcast. It was a great, far-ranging conversation, titled for one

IDENTITY POLITICS OF A DIFFERENT SORT Our political party is our tribe and tribe trumps principles I recently wrote a piece for Michael Smerconish (@Smerconish Smerconish.com), “Why

THE PHILLY SPECIAL Eagles’ coach Doug Pederson made some great coaching moves, but what made them special was that they worked Congratulations to my Philadelphia