Bad Outcomes

Pessimistic reasoning undermined by epistemic uncertainty.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Trump Says Stuff, Part I

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By Robert H. This is the experience of millions of Americans: 1. Trump says something only racist if interpreted in the worst possible l...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

You Do Not Commit Three Felonies A Day

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By Robert H. Libertarians have been claiming for a while now that the average person commits three felonies a day (Tyler Cowen does it her...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

We are living in a material world and I am a material girl?

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By Robert H. So we might live in a computer simulation.  The best advice on what this means for how to live your life comes from Robin Ha...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Why Has the Low Income Nuclear Family Disapeared?

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By Robert H. David Putnam wrote a book about how the nuclear family no longer exists among low-income Americans.  Why has this happened? ...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Thinking Like a Lawyer: Wrong Triangles

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By Robert H. What are lawyers good for?  Well here is one thing: Economists are better than you at noticing economic trade offs.  Engineer...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Anti-War Movies Don't Have to be Anti-The-War-They-Are-About

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by Robert H. The non-controversy about whether American Snipper is pro-war trickles on.  Spoiler: it isn't, except in the sense that a...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

We All Need a Fifth

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By Robert H. I'm flipping through old The Big Question posts on legal issues, because I'm always interested in smart non-lawyers ...
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