Wrapping Up the Week

Potpourri:

1)  "Phantom" traffic jams:

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7276027/traffic-jam

2)  There is no shortage of proposals of what problem the Polymath Project should tackle next:

https://polymathprojects.org/2016/08/13/mo-polymath-question-summary-of-proposals/

3)  Mathematics joins in on the parodies of Alexander Hamilton:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/the-mathematical-hamilton-parody-you-never-knew-you-needed/

4)  Deborah Mayo again on p-values:

https://errorstatistics.com/2014/08/17/are-p-values-error-probabilities-installment-1/

5)  An old, delicious and deceptive math Olympiad problem that got some attention on Twitter this week, starts on Numberphile here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y30VF3cSIYQ&feature=youtu.be

6)  Searching for math geniuses:

http://matheminutes.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-search-for-next-mathematical-genius.html

7)  The latest "Carnival of Math":

http://tinyurl.com/z79ob5y

8)  Ben Orlin's round-faced buddy explains logarithms:

https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016/08/17/how-do-you-master-the-rhythm-of-the-logs/

9)  Appropriate to an election year, James Propp tackles "Bertrand's Ballot Problem":

https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/bertrands-ballot-problem/

Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):

1)  I got a kick out of Futility Closet's post on an analysis of "stupid people":

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/08/14/the-enemy-within/

2)  Nice Guardian piece on Daniel Kahneman:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/18/daniel-kahneman-books-interview?