A (nonexhaustive) list of writings worth reading, discovered in September.
- How we classify animals http://inference-review.com/article/on-being-a-fish
- “How Does The Electoral College Work?” http://www.newstatesman.com/world/2016/09/clinton-vs-trump-how-does-electoral-college-work
- allez, un peu de lecture sur les publications académiques http://www.couperin.org/261-couperin/nos-activites/groupes-de-travail-et-projets-deap/a-la-une/1277-loi-pour-une-republique-numerique-definitivement-votee
- “Je viens d’appendre que je suis autiste…” http://urbania.ca/233842/viens-dapprendre-suis-autiste/
- Série de billets “Brexit” ce mois-ci http://variances.eu/?p=251 http://variances.eu/?p=295 http://variances.eu/?p=1192 sur http://variances.eu (à suivre)
- “Overfulfilling the Norm: The Better-Than-Average Effect in Judgments of Attitudes” http://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/1864-9335/a000280
- “Winning the lottery makes you more likely to vote for incumbent politicians” http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/688178 via @ cblatts
- “Understanding the maths is crucial for protecting privacy” https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/understanding-the-maths-is-crucial-for-protecting-privacy
- “Understanding and Misunderstanding Randomized Controlled Trials” http://www.nber.org/papers/w22595
- “Vers un racisme (vraiment) français ?” https://seenthis.net/messages/528096 via http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2016/09/26/vers-un-racisme-vraiment-francais_5003205_3232.html (paywall)
- “A woman entering the job market can expect to do an average of 4 years more work than male peers over her lifetime” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/22/women-do-four-years-more-work-than-men-in-lifetime-report-shows
- Just Fixing Problems http://xkcd.com/1739/