Economic Modeling and Prediction, Charitable Giving, and a Follow Up with Peter Backus
Economist Peter Backus joins me in this episode to discuss a few interesting topics. You may recall Linhda and I previously discussed his paper "The Girlfriend Equation" on a recent mini-episode. We s...
19 Des 201423min
[MINI] The Battle of the Sexes
Love and Data is the continued theme in this mini-episode as we discuss the game theory example of The Battle of the Sexes. In this textbook example, a couple must strategize about how to spend their ...
12 Des 201418min
The Science of Online Data at Plenty of Fish with Thomas Levi
Can algorithms help you find love? Many happy couples successfully brought together via online dating websites show us that data science can help you find love. I'm joined this week by Thomas Levi, Se...
5 Des 201458min
[MINI] The Girlfriend Equation
Economist Peter Backus put forward "The Girlfriend Equation" while working on his PhD - a probabilistic model attempting to estimate the likelihood of him finding a girlfriend. In this mini episode we...
28 Nov 201416min
The Secret and the Global Consciousness Project with Alex Boklin
I'm joined this week by Alex Boklin to explore the topic of magical thinking especially in the context of Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret", and the similarities it bears to The Global Consciousness Project...
21 Nov 201441min
[MINI] Monkeys on Typewriters
What is randomness? How can we determine if some results are randomly generated or not? Why are random numbers important to us in our everyday life? These topics and more are discussed in this mini-ep...
14 Nov 20143min
Mining the Social Web with Matthew Russell
This week's episode explores the possibilities of extracting novel insights from the many great social web APIs available. Matthew Russell's Mining the Social Web is a fantastic exploration of the too...
7 Nov 201450min
[MINI] Is the Internet Secure?
This episode explores the basis of why we can trust encryption. Suprisingly, a discussion of looking up a word in the dictionary (binary search) and efficiently going wine tasting (the travelling sal...
31 Okt 201426min
