Comments on: Useful Models http://madisonian.net/2009/04/18/useful-models/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nicolas http://madisonian.net/2009/04/18/useful-models/comment-page-1/#comment-276467 Nicolas Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:56:32 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=2239#comment-276467 "I proposed a test between the competing hypotheses: did you feel cheated or victorious if you bought more rounds than had been bought for you?" How is this a test? Both hope to finish the night even. Or maybe for the anthropologist, it is best not to end even since it is a reason to return to the pub a second time and make it even. “I proposed a test between the competing hypotheses: did you feel cheated or victorious if you bought more rounds than had been bought for you?”

How is this a test? Both hope to finish the night even. Or maybe for the anthropologist, it is best not to end even since it is a reason to return to the pub a second time and make it even.

]]> By: Bruce Boyden http://madisonian.net/2009/04/18/useful-models/comment-page-1/#comment-276303 Bruce Boyden Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:49:40 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=2239#comment-276303 The Borges story is also the basis for one of my favorite Stephen Wright jokes. The Borges story is also the basis for one of my favorite Stephen Wright jokes.

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