Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?

Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?

A key question to ask about any social institution is how well it generates, aggregates, and distributes information. Speculative markets seem to do well at this, while familiar democratic institutions, relying in part on academic institutions, seem to fail in many ways. So perhaps we should consider “futarchy,” a form of government where betting markets become our primary common source on matt...

Vote on How We Vote ?

Leslie matrices are taught as a method of modeling populations in a discrete-time fashion with more detail in the tracking of age groups within the population. Leslie matrices have limited use in the actual modeling of populations, since when the age groups are summed, it is basically equivalent to discrete-time modeling assuming exponential population growth. The logistic model of population g...

Hypertension: shall we focus on adipose tissue?

Adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ that produces substances having local and systemic actions on blood vessels, kidneys, and the heart. Leptin, adiponectin, resistin, angiotensin II, adipsin, TNF, IGF-1, plasminogen-activator inhibitor 1, and prostaglandins compose an incomplete list.1 Resistin, an adipokine belonging to the cysteine-rich secretory protein family, was described as an a...

Who shall we put on the postage stamps ?

We review the nature of disciplines within the modern university, and the place of Computer Science as an example. Noting the emergence of “notables” in traditional disciplines, we consider the advantages and disadvantages of such pantheons, and who might occupy that of Computer Science. A survey from among the CS community is conducted and summarised, and some remarks presented on the possible...

Diversions. Let's leave the shorts on, shall we?