A way to fight your traffic tickets. The paper was awarded a special prize of $400 that the author did not have to pay to the state of California.
Inspiration from physics for thinking about economics, finance and social systems
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Physics proof of innocence
In the category of unimportant but highly amusing, I think many will enjoy this very short paper written by a physicist in California. It was apparently offered, successfully, as proof of his innocence in a traffic case in which he was accused of running a red light. Based on three simple and plausible assumptions, he demonstrates that the perceiving officer must have been deceived. As the author describes the work:
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Still here everyone...
Sorry I haven't managed to post anything now for quite some time. All the result of lots of travel to various scientific meetings -- including one fascinating event on non-equilibrium economics -- and a MAD effort to get my book done on time. Deadline is effectively NOW!!!!!
So I haven't been able to afford any time to blog. But I will be posting more soon. And I have Bloomberg pieces appearing once a month (with one due out now in the next couple of days).
Meanwhile, Satajit Das has an excellent deconstruction of a recent article in The Economist that could (may?) have been written by the financial industry itself, arguing why financial innovation is indeed such a wonderful thing, making the world more prosperous, stable, etc (have you heard that before?).
So I haven't been able to afford any time to blog. But I will be posting more soon. And I have Bloomberg pieces appearing once a month (with one due out now in the next couple of days).
Meanwhile, Satajit Das has an excellent deconstruction of a recent article in The Economist that could (may?) have been written by the financial industry itself, arguing why financial innovation is indeed such a wonderful thing, making the world more prosperous, stable, etc (have you heard that before?).