Sarah Lane, the dancer in the movie Black Swan, is caught in a controversy over credit for her work. I think Christopher John Farley’s interview of her captures it best: It was all my fault really because I didn’t have a manager…When I was going to sign my contract it said on screen credit is … Continue reading Will the Real Black Swan Please Stand Up →

Last evening I heard two cyclists say “not tonight” when their friends asked why they did not have helmets. I’ve written at length already on helmets and risk intuition, but apparently they had not read my blog. This brought two things to mind: First, the statistics on head trauma and bicycling are simple. Close to … Continue reading RIP Fabio Casartelli →

Funny examples of how surveillance and detection systems are prone to false negatives: Philosopher method Rest your head on your hand. This position suggests that you are tackling an issue, which might be crucial to the existance of the company.

After a rather scathing report in the New York Times, it looks like the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is in hot water yet again. Lilly’s own published data, which it told its sales representatives to play down in conversations with doctors, has shown that 30 percent of patients taking Zyprexa gain 22 pounds or more … Continue reading Eli Lilly issues Zyprexa damage control statement →