Isn't the problem that reality is grainier than the maths? For example, the lily pads will only double in area if they're evenly distributed across the pond. Otherwise they'll pile up … (View Post)

Maybe the Tories won't be polling in the 30s until ... the 30s. (View Post)

I'm nowhere near old enough to recall Hugh Dalton resigning in 1947 for leaking his own budget. (View Post)

Hispanic is especially problematic because it defines people by the language they speak above all else. In the USA it encompasses quite a range of ethnicities and communities with very little in comm… (View Post)

A better example is 'Black' which was once considered too abrupt for polite society so "Coloured" was introduced as a more decorous alternative. It still exists in the context of … (View Post)