Chris Langan interview
Money buys happiness - if you spend on someone else
Money buys happiness — if you spend on someone else | Reuters
Jurors more likely to convict unattractive people
LAWYERS have long suspected that the more attractive their clients are, the less likely they are to be convicted of an offence. Now they know why.
Your Office Chair Is Killing You
Your Office Chair Is Killing You - BusinessWeek
If you’re reading this article sitting down—the position we all hold more than any other, for an average of 8.9 hours a day—stop and take stock of how your body feels. Is there an ache in your lower back? A light numbness in your rear and lower thigh? Are you feeling a little down?
New Study: It is better to brag about yourself than about others
New Study: It is better to brag about yourself than about others - Bob Sutton
“indirect self-promotion, known as ‘burnishing’ carries all the costs of bragging but none of the gains.”
Teenage Girls Dressing Too Sexy to Fit In: Acceptance by Peers More Important than Sexuality
Teenage Girls Dressing Too Sexy to Fit In: Acceptance by Peers More Important than Sexuality
Teenager girls often dress in ways which distress their parents. But, rather than trying to be sexually attractive, the main drive seems to be for peer acceptance.
A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms
The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids — New York Magazine
The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids — New York Magazine
Dweck had suspected that praise could backfire, but even she was surprised by the magnitude of the effect. “Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control,” she explains. “They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child’s control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure.”
Gov jobs overtaking good producing jobs
Think of the implications…
Government Jobs Have Overtaken Goods-Producing Jobs - Stephen Spruiell - The Corner on National Review Online
“Do not marry a career woman” and cognitive biases
http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/23/Marriage-Careers-Divorce_cx_mn_land.html
The lady writer in this article seems to suffer from the following: confirmation bias, congruence bias, framing, Semmelweis reflex and attentional bias.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congruence_bias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semmelweis_reflex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional_bias
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