Thursday, August 28, 2025

Is cryptocurrency a Racket?

 From Jed Rakoff at Promarket.

 Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York reflects on the history of cryptocurrency and his experience adjudicating criminal cases involving it.

 Here is the link.

 https://www.promarket.org/2025/07/28/is-cryptocurrency-a-racket/

 

Sunday, August 17, 2025

The unsettled character of climate change science

 From Nic Lewis.

 Nic Lewis is an independent climate science researcher based in the UK, with a primary background in mathematics and a minor in physics from Cambridge University. He is best known for applying Bayesian inference, statistical analysis, and data-driven modeling to the study of Earth's climate sensitivity. His website is here.

 https://nicholaslewis.org/

 Here is the link to the article.

 https://judithcurry.com/2025/08/13/addressing-misconceptions-about-climate-sensitivity-research-a-response-to-recent-criticisms/#more-32290