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Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started.

This is published evidence from 350,757 flips among 48 flippers. The bias comes from the flippers, because most people can’t seem to flip coins without also introducing a wobble. That causes them to land on the same side that they […]

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ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low.

This is fun because you can overfit whatever your preferred explanation is to this outcome. “Scores have been falling for six consecutive years, but the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.” I’d love to see some more granular data, starting […]

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This private jet sales experience.

I saw this video posted on LinkedIn as an example of an excellent salesperson and sales process. It’s worth the 8 minute watch time! Note that the “23 year old buys a $30M private jet” caption is just internet bullshit, […]

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Omens of exceptional talent.

Alexey Guzey lists 37 signs he’s observed that predict exceptionally talented people. The first one: “i’m scared that they might be better than me at everything and that i’ll be out of job if they try to do whatever it […]

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Union busted.

“The ILWU is one of the most powerful unions in the United States. Since bloody riots in 1934 it has controlled all 29 seaports on the west coast of the United States, giving them monopoly power.” They tried to use […]

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Pardon my French.

“From “doing as the Romans do” to your date insisting on “going Dutch,” there is no shortage of international idioms in English.” This article explains the interesting origins of several popular idioms, including all of these. ~ learn more