<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jasoncollins.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jasoncollins.blog/author/jasonacollins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A week of&nbsp;links]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">Links this week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/12/book-review-willpower/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A review of Baumeister and Tierney&#8217;s Willpower by Scott Alexander</a> (I don&#8217;t buy the comparison between exercise, money and willpower &#8211; <a href="http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/12/book-review-willpower/#comment-189169" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this comment sums up my view</a>).</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/10/the-science-of-protecting-peoples-feelings-why-we-pretend-all-opinions-are-equal/?postshare=7471426020762439" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When we act as though all opinions are equal</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/414997/teach-americas-impact-modest-best-jason-richwine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Some evidence on whether we should be inducing the best and brightest into teaching</a>. (HT: <a href="http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/null-hypothesis-watch-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold Kling</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2015/03/tolerating-inequality.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Our tolerance of inequality is reference dependent</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/03/politically-incorrect-paper-of-the-day-death-penalty-eugenics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Death penalty eugenics</a>.</li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">And if you missed them, my posts this week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a title="The other gender gap" href="http://jasoncollins.blog/2015/03/10/the-other-gender-gap/">Boys are falling behind girls in school</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a title="The patience of economists" href="http://jasoncollins.blog/2015/03/12/the-patience-of-economists/">Research on the heritability of savings behaviour</a>.</li>
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