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Robin Hanson cautions against dismissing expert opinions even when conducting independent study, suggesting personal biases can be just as strong as those found in academia. via Overcoming Bias

Economics professor David Friedman shares the first question from his "Analytic Methods for Lawyers" midterm, covering decision theory and other relevant topics for lawyers.

Early admissions programs, while potentially beneficial to individual colleges, might lead to a decline in the overall quality of student bodies. via Cheap Talk.

Economist Steven Landsburg recommends 20 influential economics articles published in the American Economic Review, including Hayek's 1945 article "The Use of Knowledge in Society". via The Big Questions

Jason Kottke shares a blog post discussing Radiohead's consistent influence within the music industry over their career. via kottke.org

Amazon Prime members can now stream around 5,000 movies and TV shows for free, though the selection doesn't include many new releases. via kottke.org

Brian Christian participated in the Turing Test, which evaluates a computer's ability to appear human in conversation. via Freakonomics

A terrorist-catching technology led to an eight-year con of the U.S. government by computer programmer Dennis Montgomery, and now officials are trying to keep it all under wraps. via Schneier on Security

This comic strip follows a student who tells their professor they want to major in "the universe" because of their vast interests. via xkcd

FlowingData.com shared a "History of the dunk contest complete with videos," which links out to a score history on Hoopism.com of every dunk from 1984 to 2010.

David Henderson addresses seven myths about free markets in this EconLib blog post from February 19, 2011, and links to a related interview.

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This American Life may have discovered the original recipe for Coca-Cola through research of old newspaper articles.

via kottke.org.