Multiplying by drawing lines

Here is a cute little trick to multiply without knowing the multiplication tables.

The dangers of scientific consensus

From the Wall Street Journal, "The Questionable Link Between Saturated Fat and Heart Disease":

Our half-century effort to cut back on the consumption of meat, eggs and whole-fat dairy has a tragic quality. More than a billion dollars have been spent trying to prove Ancel Keys's hypothesis, but evidence of its benefits has never been produced. It is time to put the saturated-fat hypothesis to bed and to move on to test other possible culprits for our nation's health woes.

Interesting articles for various reasons

A few articles over the past few months that in the past I would have commented on:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/andrewlilico/100027182/inequality-isnt-a-problem-its-a-driver-of-progress/

http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2014/04/ideological-turing-tests-climate-and-minimum-wage.html

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303910404579489692798833528?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303910404579489692798833528.html

And this group of four:

http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2014/03/17/the-rise-of-secular-religion/

http://minx.cc/?post=347499

http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-secular-religion-of-left.html