John Allen Paulos's Blog, page 18

JohnAllenPaulos: Getting tiresome. BP likely STILL underestimating spill. http://huff.to/bsF2g1 and (again, sorry) http://bit.ly/bea2wS

JohnAllenPaulos: Getting tiresome. BP likely STILL underestimating spill. http://huff.to/bsF2g1 and (again, sorry) http://bit.ly/bea2wS

JohnAllenPaulos: Bloomberg report: "The smoke plume from Russia's fires spanned about 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles)" Precision blithely boosted.

JohnAllenPaulos: Bloomberg report: "The smoke plume from Russia's fires spanned about 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles)" Precision blithely boosted.

JohnAllenPaulos: Nice piece on Anscombe's quartet: http://bit.ly/dlsCfE four data sets with same basic stat. properties, quite different graphs.

JohnAllenPaulos: Nice piece on Anscombe's quartet: http://bit.ly/dlsCfE four data sets with same basic stat. properties, quite different graphs.

JohnAllenPaulos: @madcaptenor Hooray hypotenuses. It employs both of us too.

JohnAllenPaulos: @madcaptenor Hooray hypotenuses. It employs both of us too.

JohnAllenPaulos: "Outrageous" est. of BP spill made > 3 mos. ago using elem. geom. http://bit.ly/bea2wS vs. recent one http://bit.ly/9ToIff

JohnAllenPaulos: "Outrageous" est. of BP spill made > 3 mos. ago using elem. geom. http://bit.ly/bea2wS vs. recent one http://bit.ly/9ToIff

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @ggreenwald: The extremely creepy "Project Vigilant" and the private/public destruction of online privacy: http://is.gd/dYRp9

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @ggreenwald: The extremely creepy "Project Vigilant" and the private/public destruction of online privacy: http://is.gd/dYRp9

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @seanmcarroll: Infinitely many meanings made from finite numbers of words, by Charles Bennett. http://is.gd/dXkis

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @seanmcarroll: Infinitely many meanings made from finite numbers of words, by Charles Bennett. http://is.gd/dXkis

JohnAllenPaulos: Studies suggesting arrogant and overconfident CEOs, doctors, and lawyers inspire more confidence: http://bit.ly/a0c1Kt

JohnAllenPaulos: Studies suggesting arrogant and overconfident CEOs, doctors, and lawyers inspire more confidence: http://bit.ly/a0c1Kt

JohnAllenPaulos: @snarkyxanf Must be 100's of tweets/sec, when one goes through is vague, and sometimes twitter even loses count of my 300+ tweets.

JohnAllenPaulos: @snarkyxanf Must be 100's of tweets/sec, when one goes through is vague, and sometimes twitter even loses count of my 300+ tweets.

JohnAllenPaulos: I (Meta-)Tweet, Therefore I Am, an insightful piece in Sunday's NY Times Magazine: http://nyti.ms/91QZ2b

JohnAllenPaulos: I (Meta-)Tweet, Therefore I Am, an insightful piece in Sunday's NY Times Magazine: http://nyti.ms/91QZ2b