Kieran Healy’s Weblog Sociology and other distractions

Oatmeal Prospect Theory

On the side of this box of McCann’s Oatmeal here it says: “Tip: Add liquid to oatmeal a few minutes before cooking. It will cook faster.” Now, I can see the benefits of doing this in terms of energy conservation. But the fact is, I’m not going to get my oatmeal any faster, am I? […]

Blogging avant la lettre

Analysis publishes a lot of relatively short papers, but this one—by G.E.M. Anscombe—from 1966 seems close to the limiting case. The link goes to the JSTOR copy, which requires a subscription. No matter. I shall reproduce the paper in full here, including notes:
A Note on Mr Bennett By G.E.M. Anscombe

The nerve of Mr Bennett’s argument […]

This Semester’s Classes

Graduate Economic Sociology seminar

Undergraduate Organizations class

Paging all Mac Nerds

This thing just arrived from the future.What can I say? if this is the RDF, sign me up.