http://blog.mathsian.io/enSat, 18 Feb 2017 17:16:51 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://blog.mathsian.io/posts/mouthwash/Ian Dickerson<div tabindex="-1" id="notebook" class="border-box-sizing"> <div class="container" id="notebook-container"> <div class="cell border-box-sizing text_cell rendered"> <div class="prompt input_prompt"> </div> <div class="inner_cell"> <div class="text_cell_render border-box-sizing rendered_html"> <p>There's an advert on the underground at the moment that says "Listerine users are more likely to talk to a stranger on the tube." I have a couple of issues with this advert: one ethical and one mathematical.</p> <p>First the ethical. It sounds like they're suggesting that that's a good thing. But the guidance on talking to strangers on public transport is pretty clear, particularly if you're a man about to approach a woman: just ... don't.</p> <p>Now that's out of the way, the mathematical issue is a little more subtle. </p><p><a href="http://blog.mathsian.io/posts/mouthwash/">Read more…</a> (1 min remaining to read)</p></div></div></div></div></div>advertisingdatamediastatisticshttp://blog.mathsian.io/posts/mouthwash/Fri, 13 May 2016 18:23:07 GMT