The Daily Sabbatical
Music, Books, and Assorted Maunderings

Five dollars to whomever answers this ad and turns this asshole in.

From Craigslist.

I am in immediate need of somebody to help me with several written assignments for a graduate level on-line Ethics class. I have invested as much time and energy as I am able and am still struggling. I need someone who can do some light reading and then help me prepare a written response to the instructor's questions.
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Interesting result found on Scientific Blogging about how younger people are more susceptible to a common form of fallacious reasoning.  Young people are more likely to keep watching a bad movie if they've paid for it than if it was free.  Old people are as inclined or disinclined to keep watching whether they've paid or not.  Interesting, for sure.  The oldies come out as more rational.  I'm not sure I agree with the psychologist's reasoning about the source of the disparity between young and old,… Read More

The following story appeared today on CNN: When Scott Hoover bought a $5 scratch-off ticket in Virginia called "Beginner's Luck" last summer, he carefully studied the odds. Even though he figured his chances of winning were a long shot, he felt the odds were reasonable. Hoover, a business professor at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, wasn't surprised when his tickets didn't bring him the $75,000 grand prize, but he was shocked to learn the top prize had been awarded before he bought the ticket. "I felt duped into buying… Read More