Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, you believe in GOD ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor : Is GOD good ? Student : Sure. Professor: Is GOD all powerful ? … Continue reading
Category Archives: Social Science
Facebook Paid Instagram $1 Billion for Emotion.
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/facebook-paid-instagram-1-billion-for-emotion.html?campaign=daily_nl
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783 We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night – but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural. In … Continue reading
Who benefits from the wealth of the rich ?
Some figures taken from a BBC article (with ‘video’) called “Is anyone benefiting from the wealth of the super rich?”: In the USA, how much more are CEOs paid than average workers? 1965, 24 times more 1992, 126 times more … Continue reading
UK Income Distribution – Part II
In the year 2007-08: £ 29,500 you’d be just in the top 25% £ 44,900 you’d be just in the top 10% £ 61,500 you’d be just in the top 5% £ 149,000 you’d be in the top 1%. These … Continue reading
City Fat Cat Salaries
- Do we hate bankers because of a long term cultural history that is strong enough to have strong religeous basis for Muslims and Jews ? – Should we also be overtly blaming the governments that created laws to encourage … Continue reading
UK Income Distribution
Where do you site ? Find out by going to http://www.ifs.org.uk/wheredoyoufitin/. Or have a look at this article which has a great graph for 2006/7 income distribution (£ per week). http://tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/life-in-the-middle-income-distribution-in-the-uk/ £377 x 52 = £19,604 £473 x 52 = … Continue reading
Journalism standards and the base data
A great article on why acurate jouranalism and setting up reporting standards matters. – this article is all about reporting on scientific issues. eg a “50 per cent increase” in risk or a “doubling” of risk could merely mean an … Continue reading