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Why Luxury Cheese Is Targeted By Criminals

Dan Saladino | BBC News | 10th November 2024 | U

In October 2024, 950 cheddas truckles worth £35,000 were stolen from an artisanal retailer in London, the latest in a string of such crimes. Lorries have been hijacked on the road and live lobsters abducted from a facility in Scotland. Prices for high-end foods are soaring and Russia retaliated to economic sanctions by banning fresh food imports, supercharging the black market (2,300 words) | Share this on X

The Problem Of Thinking Too Much

Persi Diaconis & Barry C. Mazur | Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 11th December 2002 | PDF

Decision theorist interrogates his concerns that earnest analysis leads to a total loss of contact with the original problem. Part of this paper is a case study, in which his idle curiosity about whether coin flips can be predicted spirals into hours of experimentation, all for no appreciable illumination. The conclusion? When in doubt, don't think too much and follow the rule of thumb (3,500 words) | Share this on X

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