Archive for the ‘psychology’ Category
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
This is one of the more interesting articles I've read this week. Well, I guess, aside from the advantages of resilient tort law over regulations. I would not be surprised if its author, Jennifer Lee, turns this into a short book. Surely books have been published from ...
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Thursday, January 6th, 2005
What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it? That is the Edge's annual question, posed to severla leading intellectuals, scientists, and artists. It's fun to browse, and one of my favorite novelists (I don't have many), Ian McEwan, is included.
Better yet, he has a ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2004
This week Paul posted an article Geekpress that reveals the secrets of some David Blaine magic tricks. Reading them, I found that I value the entertainment he provides more than the actual knowledge of how he does the tricks. After all, there's enough technological "magic" around these days ...
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2004
Man arrested for tipping Yikes. And hypnosis really changes your mind...skeptical?
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Thursday, August 26th, 2004
The Unpolitical Animal: How Political Science Understands Voters, thanks to Will Wilkinson's blog. Also read Why People Are Irrational About Politics.
Also, from Reason.com, Transhumanism: The Most Dangerous Idea? Why striving to be more than human is human. OK, maybe it's time to get to sleep, get up, figure ...
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Sunday, July 18th, 2004
Even though "Please RSVP" literally means "Please Respond Please", RSVP seems to have taken on a meaning of its own. "Please respond" sounds odd, maybe a bit curt. So "RSVP" must now refer to a response to a party invitation.
I've been reading a great book, Why We Buy: ...
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Friday, May 7th, 2004
This morning I again wondered "where has all my lip balm gone?" I have at least four dispensers, and invariably they disappear. Most often I find them in a par of pants or shorts I had not worn in a while, and this morning was no exception. ...
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Sunday, April 25th, 2004
Except for the "good" one. OK, the Coen Brothers' remake of The Ladykillers (1955) is the first movie I've seen with facial hair in mind. Still, the only people with facial hair of any kind were the thieves. The clean-shaven thief reformed himself at the end. ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2004
I have yet to find a review article about social psychology experiments testing people's impressions of men with facial hair. I found some academic studies on WebofScience.com, and this humor site about the "evil goatee." There's also a book called One Thousand Beards. Surely Desomd Morris has ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2004
Yep, that's right. The other night I was driving south on 28th Street in Boulder toward Colorado, and the light changed to red. "Damn you 28th Street! Just for that I'm turning here." But then I realized that I'd encounter two more lights, just to spite ...
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