It pains me a lot to inform you that Dr. C. R. Rao passed away this evening (August 22, 2023). He would have attained the age of 103 on September 10th. We have lost not only one of the Greatest Statisticians but also a Great Man.

I DIY'ed oil change & tire rotation, transmission fluid change, brake pads & rotor replacement, suspension replacement, O2 sensors replacement, transfer case/differential oil change, windshield crack repair, battery replacement, probably sth else, all within the last year.

A stunning, entertaining critique of psychology. Many points apply to anthropology, political science, and sociology. #EconTwitter : many also to economics? experimental-history.com/p/im-so-sorry-…

TRILLIONS of dollars in occupancy mortgage fraud discovered by the Federal Reserve. Accounting for fraud INCREASES the number of investment properties by 50% and those loans default at a 75% HIGHER rate to the cost of taxpayers Nothing from the FBI U.S. Federal Housing (FHFA) Senate Banking and Housing Democrats

As an immigrant academic, I am very pround of listing where I grew up and where I went to school before the US on my web and CV, in both Chinese and English. Some Chinese scholars do try to hide their experiences before the US, which I feel very sad.

Look what just arrived! Congrats Tore Ellingsen. I made it through several chapters last night of this excellent new textbook. The book is lucid and crisply written. It should work very well for intro students. I had a few “I never thought if it that way” moments so there

There is rarely any opt solution given the complicated stakeholder relationships on the ground. I always believe addressing climate risks means a lot of local tasks and challenges. The main role of national policies is to support those mostly local sometimes regional efforts.

2023 was an ordinary year.

#JobAlert Our tenure-track position in business management is officially posted. Please forward it to any interested candidates! Deadline Feb 19, 2024. higheredjobs.com/faculty/detail…

#JobAlert My postdoc position is accepting applications. Review will be on a rolling basis between now and May 2024. 2-3 years of support. Please help spread the word.

It's new, it's improved, it's got AI-generated explanations for why everything correlates. Today I'm launching the new Spurious Correlations: tylervigen.com/spurious-corre…

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