Links this week:

1. Is your body mostly microbes? A nice take-down of  another trail of citations dead-ends. One thing I have learnt from my PhD research is that when it comes to citations, academics are lazy.
2. A good piece on Peter Thiel. Curing death is on the agenda.
3. Fixing gender bias in research subjects – because men and women are different. HT: John Durant
4. Using data in determining punishment – some interesting implications. HT: Marginal Revolution
5. Deadweight loss in pointless research.
6. Three complexity MOOCs about to kick off from the Santa Fe Institute.
7. A not-so-convincing attempt to take down the philosophy behind nudging.
8. Don’t expect praise if you state your motivations behind hiring women.
9. Predicting when bubbles will pop from MRIs.

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