Reading Levitt & Dubner’s Superfreakonomics. Interesting, as the first book, with regards economics research results can be looked at sideways. When they muse on people and incentivised behaviour it might be about prostitution price-per-trick comparisons, or the correlation between names and nefarious activities. But still coming across a little ( Read more... )

A friend of mine, observing the heft of the Hen party gaggling through Luton airport, has determined that if you want to lose weight you should stop going on hen nights. Tch. Wonky science, even with that available data. Hen dos are scarcely fattening in themselves, and often involve much excercise, e.g. dancing, clacking to the loos, running after ( Read more... )