Triumph and Misery of Measurement Science

The Marriage of Science and Management: Eternal Bliss or Misery?

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Ear candles: a triumph of ignorance over science.

Ear candles are hollow tubes coated in wax which are inserted into patients' ears and then lit at the far end. The procedure is used as a complementary therapy for a wide range of conditions. A critical assessment of the evidence shows that its mode of action is implausible and demonstrably wrong. There are no data to suggest that it is effective for any condition. Furthermore, ear candles have...

The Triumph of Types: Principia Mathematica’s Impact on Computer Science

Types now play an essential role in computer science; their ascent originates from Principia Mathematica. Type checking and type inference algorithms are used to prevent semantic errors in programs, and type theories are the native language of several major interactive theorem provers. Some of these trace key features back to Principia. This lecture examines the influence of Principia Mathemati...

Measurement of Income with Time Use with Applications to Hedonic Indicators of Happiness and Misery