News Clippings, 11-May-2020 to 17-May-2020
11-May-2020 Did India miss a trick in testing? [Mint] Countries with relatively high testing rates had to impose fewer lockdown restrict......
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Post-truth politics and why the antidote isn’t simply ‘fact-checking’ and truth
Donald Trump posts a link to his very own ‘Real News Update’ on Facebook. Donald J. Trump/Facebook ......
4 Years Ago
Politcial Economy Musings, 21-Dec-2019
Originally posted on Facebook So far, the Congress party has not clearly stated that it is against NRC. But things may change as an inte......
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WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election. Not all of it was bad
Supporters of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, at a rally ea......
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Are Robots Coming for Our Jobs? Careful, It\'s a Trick Question
By Vanessa Bates Ramirez The robots are coming, and they’ll probably take your job when they get here. Oh wait—have you heard that......
5 Years Ago
How ad hominem arguments can demolish appeals to authority
-- Moti Mizrahi ‘In logic, inconsistency is the cardinal sin, and consistency the first of the virtues.’ Patrick Shaw, Logic and Its Limi......
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