With apologies to Stuart Carlson, the cartoonist, whose fine work WC has altered very slightly to better reflect true conditions in Fairbanks, Alaska. Yes, it’s cold in Interior Alaska right now, unseasonably cold. Yes, WC is complaining about it.
Dr. Daniel Kahneman had an excellent extended essay in the New York Times a few weeks ago on the psychology of confidence. It offers some very troubling insights into how we think, how we reach important conclusions and how hopelessly wrong some of those thought processes are. Dr. Kahneman, of course, is the Nobel Prize…
Wickersham's Conscience 