Talk:Steven Landsburg

"Politically Neutral"
Landsburg may or may not be politically neutral but I am (a) not sure how this would be known/what exactly it means and (b) surely isn't appropriate as the first adjective about someone whose primary cause of fame is his work in economics. So I got rid of that.

RocArt 23:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Misrepresentation of views?
"He has also said that if the poor can't pay for a life-saving treatment they shoud die"

This seems a misrepresentation or oversimplification of Landburg's position to me, and I assume it is based on his Slate article of Jan 3, 2006. Seems reasonable to comment on, and it is controversial, but I think we should be more NPOV. Will edit.

RocArt 16:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Bio details
Do we have a birth date? Do we have his undergrad school? Religion? Recall he mentioned something about Jewish ancestors in some farm piece in Slate, but can't find details.RocArt 01:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, found birthdate. Anyone with any idea where he is from? RocArt 17:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Does Landsburg no longer live with his daughter?

In The Armchair Economist he mentioned that he is of Jewish decent. Also, his phd is in what field? The reader would be interested in knowing how an econ professor could publish papers in pure math. Anyone has his C.V.?Josuechan (talk) 03:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Answer
Correct. She does not live with him. Casual mention or discussion about Landsburg's daughter probably does not belong on Wikipedia without her consent, anyway. She's not age 8 any more.

Comment and Apology
I added some notes on Landsburg's dealings with Andre Weil, who he describes on his webpage. I also apologize for my inappropriate comments I had added earlier.

Help! I can't figure out how to get the second link (to landsburg's column at Slate) to point to his most recent column, whatever that may be. As it is, it just points to one particular column (I think). -Gnossie

Exam Comment
I removed the comment about Landsburg's exams being notoriously difficult and weird; if anything, low grades are because he does not give as much partial credit as other professors at the University. And isn't he most known for his great taste in fashion? ;) Sibpin 02:10, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * LOL. I heard his newest book, "More Sex is Safer Sex", is kind of stupid from a psych-major's perspective. Of course, that's only what I'm told. What makes it ironic (if true, at least) is that, in the Armchair Economist, he complains about a physicist haphazardly dabbling in economics, and yet a newspaper publishes this physicist's opinion. "More Sex is Safer Sex" can be readily described as a (largely reductionist) haphazard dabbling in the other social sciences. 124.106.233.81 05:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Comment
Regardless of why the exams are difficult, they are what they are. Please don't delete truth.
 * lollerskates BonniePrinceCharlie 08:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Global Warming
Landsburg's Slate column suggests it would be reasonable to spend anywhere from 8% to 62% of our incomes fighting global warming. Yuslo cites this column and says "In particular he belives global warming is best ignored". This is the second time I've corrected this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Divcurl (talk • contribs) 23:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Algebraic K-theory-sources?
the article says he has written in a publication or publications about algebraic K-theory. A source or citation from the publication should be given in any case, but the statement leaves open the possibility that Landsburg's knowledge and writing about K-theory is at an advanced level, rather than perhaps a casual reference. This is certainly possible! But that is an unusual accomplishment and should be verified(in addition to citing where he wrote about K-theory).Rich 03:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Found some papers, on his webpage and JSTOR; they are in respected research journals.
 * Nbarth 22:16, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Controversies in lede?
I moved the latest controversy material from the lede to the appropriate section and added a source about a group trying to get him fired. I think such a large bit of material in the lede was a case of undue weight being placed on a current event. I do think a brief mention of this and the previous controversy would be appropriate in the lede, but I failed to find wording I was happy with. If someone can find a sentence that does the whole thing justice, I think adding it to the lede would be good. Hobit (talk) 13:52, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Support this move. Unless he gets fired, I doubt this issue will ever be lead-worthy. But the lead does need something about his various dustups.  I'll try to work on it.  Gamaliel (talk) 15:36, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Agree with the above. I revised and expanded the discussion of the Steubenville blog controversy (students were actually calling for censure, not firing, for starters). Also made a little clearer what it was that protesters objected to in blog post. 28 Dec 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.176.221.196 (talk) 03:24, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

"Spent Time at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton" Source Problem
The sources both appear to be self-published, with just the subject offering the information himself. I can't find any other references online besides this, so presumably it should be deleted per Wikipedia's reference standards? Please respond if anyone objects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nws103 (talk • contribs) 01:32, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Citation for "A Mathematical Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology"?
I can't find any mention of this book in Google. GalPedy (talk) 11:36, 28 November 2019 (UTC)