Institute for New Economic Thinking
John Kay: A Call for Eclecticism (3/5)
In part three of this INET interview, John Kay calls for greater eclecticism in the methods of economic research. Inductive reasoning can, and should be, an important part of economics, as evidenced by Ken Rogoff's recent study of the...
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Vi and Sal Talk About the Mysteries of Benford's Law, Logarithms, Algebra II
Challenge your students to explain why this interesting mathematical law works! Sal, accompanied by Vi Hart, demonstrates BenfordÕs Law. They challenge the listeners to see if they can intuitively explain why this law fairly accurately...
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Khan Academy: Epistemology: Science, Can It Teach Us Everything?
Caspar asks: can science tell us everything there is to know about the world? He tells us about a famous argument that it can't, sometimes called 'the knowledge argument' or 'the Mary argument', due to philosopher Frank Jackson. If the...