Coursera - Quantum Mechanics

I have discovered by accident Coursera on Kurzwei blog, and I was intrigued by the concept and the content that could be provided. But what is Coursera?

Atlas Shrugged vs Obama speech?

I came across the following article about the recent speech of President Obama regarding the need of government action and intervention.

U.S. Drought may lead to Higher Food Prices

Several articles have started to pop up in the background for the past two months. At first, it was just about the weather being unusually hot, and the impact on people lifestyle. The focus started to shift towards the impact on agriculture and the possible impact on food prices. 

Middle East - Going crazy?

The Higgs Boson Explained

Why Congress Doesn't Work?

Faced with a complex, hard-to-solve problem, there is a natural human tendency to solve a much simpler, easier one instead. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, in his book,Thinking, Fast and Slow, dubs this cognitive process: “substitution.”

Benford's Law

Why the probability of a random number between 1 and 10,000 starting with "1" is greater than starting with "8"? How can this be applied to fraud detection? Below are the links to two interesting readings.