Author Archives: hornechr

The UK game show titled Golden Balls is a perfect real world example of the prisoners dilemma.  During the final round of the game each player must choose either to split the money with the opposing player or steal the … Continue reading →

We’ve all seen them, and there seem to be a large number of them around Corvallis particularly.  I’m talking about houses that are painted ridiculous colors.  Not only do these neon green or blue trimmed houses cause an eyesore for … Continue reading →

The best example I could find in differentiating between correlation and causation is explained in a graph published by gizmodo.com.  The graphic shows a strong correlation between the market shares of the web browser internet explorer and the amount of murders in the … Continue reading →

Why are Newspapers sold in vending machines that allow consumers to take more than one unit as opposed soda vending machines which only supply one item at a time? Throughout the last few decades there have been noticeable changes in … Continue reading →