Politics/religion:
“How Interest Rates Were Set, 2500 BC – 1000 AD”
“How Successful Was Christianity?”
“How is the biomarker ID aid plan going in India?”
“The Chaos Company: Wherever governments can’t—or won’t—maintain order, from oil fields in Africa to airports in Britain and nuclear facilities in America, the London-based “global security” behemoth G4S has been filling the void”
“Book Review: A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja, by Joost R. Hiltermann”
Statistics:
“Laplace the Bayesianista and the Mass of Saturn”
“Why do Phase III Trials of Promising Heart Failure Drugs Often Fail? The Contribution of ‘Regression to the Truth’”, Krum & Tonkin 2003 (excerpts)
“The Efficacy of Psychological, Educational, and Behavioral Treatment: Confirmation From Meta-Analysis”, Lipsey & Wilson 1993 (I love these meta-meta-analyses, since they let you say things like ‘Published studies yield mean effects 0.14 SDs larger than unpublished studies.’ Isn’t that useful to know?)
Literature:
“Sanderson’s First Law” of fantasy
Medicine:
“Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine”
Caloric restriction, evidence pyramid, and drug risks
“Meta-Regression Analyses, Meta-Analyses, and Trial Sequential Analyses of the Effects of Supplementation with Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E Singly or in Different Combinations on All-Cause Mortality: Do We Have Evidence for Lack of Harm?”, Bjelakovic et al 2013
I have to agree with Sanderson’s first law. One reason I liked HPMOR more than the original Harry Potter was the transition from soft magic to hard (rule-based, well-explained) magic.
Politics/religion:
“How Interest Rates Were Set, 2500 BC – 1000 AD”
“How Successful Was Christianity?”
“How is the biomarker ID aid plan going in India?”
“The Chaos Company: Wherever governments can’t—or won’t—maintain order, from oil fields in Africa to airports in Britain and nuclear facilities in America, the London-based “global security” behemoth G4S has been filling the void”
“Book Review: A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja, by Joost R. Hiltermann”
Statistics:
“Laplace the Bayesianista and the Mass of Saturn”
“Why do Phase III Trials of Promising Heart Failure Drugs Often Fail? The Contribution of ‘Regression to the Truth’”, Krum & Tonkin 2003 (excerpts)
“The Efficacy of Psychological, Educational, and Behavioral Treatment: Confirmation From Meta-Analysis”, Lipsey & Wilson 1993 (I love these meta-meta-analyses, since they let you say things like ‘Published studies yield mean effects 0.14 SDs larger than unpublished studies.’ Isn’t that useful to know?)
Literature:
“Sanderson’s First Law” of fantasy
Medicine:
“Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine”
Caloric restriction, evidence pyramid, and drug risks
“Meta-Regression Analyses, Meta-Analyses, and Trial Sequential Analyses of the Effects of Supplementation with Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E Singly or in Different Combinations on All-Cause Mortality: Do We Have Evidence for Lack of Harm?”, Bjelakovic et al 2013
I have to agree with Sanderson’s first law. One reason I liked HPMOR more than the original Harry Potter was the transition from soft magic to hard (rule-based, well-explained) magic.