Year: 2009
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The Mathematics of Wrong Numbers
What is with getting calls for the wrong number? I’ve dialed a wrong number once, maybe twice in my whole life. Most people would probably claim similarly low misdial rates. I’ve received maybe 50 wrong number calls, minimum. How does this add up? It must mean there is a small number of people making a…
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Montreal
I’ve been spending a lot of time in Montreal lately. This past week I was there for the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association. Here are the highlights of the trip, none of which involved the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association.1 The titular Mount Royal. Hahahaha titular. Habitat 67 sounds like a…
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Cape Fear
What’s the point of capes? I know people don’t really wear them any more, unless they are vampires or Philip Zimbardo, but they must have been in fashion at some point. All a cape does is cover your back in a thin layer of cloth. Why? For warmth? Because I’ve never really heard anyone complain…
