Archive for November, 2005
Telemarketing trick
5 Comments Published by Yazad Jal November 30th, 2005 in Culture and Society, BusinessFrom the Economist:
Some of the dodgiest marketing outfits now use the phone to tout their offers. In Britain, the latest trick is to use automatic dialling machines to call mobile phone numbers at random, but then to hang up after just one or two rings. Seeing a missed call, the unsuspecting recipient will usually ring […]
We have a new member of the famous libertarian cartel–Kunal Sawardekar. Hop over to read his blog Ceteris Paribus.
For those who came in late, here’s a brief note on the cartel. We welcome more Indian libertarian bloggers to join in. Write in to us (but beware, you might have to take the test)
Here’s an updated […]
Guaranteeing money to misproductive babus
3 Comments Published by sauvik November 20th, 2005 in Economics, Governance, LawPrime Minister Manmohan Singh got it right in his first televised address to the nation when he said that it would be his top priority to get the government machinery to work properly, and that reforming this machinery would be his topmost priority. This first lecture by the PM went down well with Indians from […]
Intelligent Design and falsifiability
6 Comments Published by Yazad Jal November 10th, 2005 in Philosophy, ScienceAs an atheist, I find the entire concept of Intelligent Design (ID) absurd. But sometimes with strong emotions, clear thinking gets clouded. Uriah Kriegel questions not whether ID is true or false or even whether it’s good or bad science. He questions whether it is science at all. And he uses a clear […]
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