Linkfest 2017-07-07
Sixtus Dominus Boniface Christopher
Jacob Rees-Mogg announces baby Sixtus
Initially, I was sure this was a joke. Then I saw this on BBC.
Should Tyler Cowen Believe in God?
Yes. But he needs to be convinced.
Why a record number of university places might not be a good thing
Ed West cites Peter Turchin on the over-production of elites.
THE “EFFECT IS TOO LARGE” HEURISTIC
I probably would have called this the "obvious BS" heuristic.
Suffering in the land between black and white
The Charlie Gard case is not a straightforward one, and this is a good look at what Catholic teaching says on the matter.
No, research does not say that you produce more when working 40 hours per week
I admire the precision in thought here that distinguishes between peak output rate, and peak output over a given interval of time. Luis links to some empirical research that matches up with my own experiences: after a certain point in hours worked, no additional [or not much] output is produced. It also matches up with something Steve Sailer's father told him, that the peak output came from 52 hours of work in a week.
Average Work-week is Over, a few Thoughts on Productivity
This is an earlier post from Luis Pedro Coelho on productivity and working that was linked in the above post. This one is probably worth me blowing out into a whole blog post of my own.
Glenn, John, and Philip K. Dick
Robert VerBruggen and pseudonymous blogger Ed Real explain why talking about race and IQ doesn't have to mean incipient fascism.
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