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22/02/2009

Pebbles, Vol. 10

1. Alan Garber and Jonathan Skinner: Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient? Summary: So it seems. Table 1 is pretty instructive. (Pointer)

2. Should racial differences in IQ be studied? Steven Rose says no, Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams say yes, Will Wilkinson comments.

3. Jonathan Wilson: Why is the role of the goalpoacher in football dying out?

4. Harald Martenstein: "Dann habe ich das Dschungelcamp betrachtet und einen Artikel geschrieben, in dem ich das Dschungelcamp mit Fußball verglichen habe. Ich finde, der Vergleich ist zulässig. In beiden Fällen tun Leute für Geld und für Ruhm etwas völlig Sinnloses. Und andere Leute finden dies unterhaltsam. Ich kann nicht begreifen, wieso es sinnvoller sein soll, eine glitschige Lederkugel mit den Füßen in ein Netz zu schieben, als mit dem Mund einen Plastikstern von einem Kuchen zu pflücken, auf dem Fliegen sitzen." (HT: Mum)

5. It is usually social scientists' work to assess the relative merits of frameworks for studying crime. One hence should be grateful when regular citizens go out of their way to demonstrate the limits of the "reasoning criminal" paradigm.

6. James Flynn: The Flynn effect has reversed among British adolescents. (Pointer)
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