Jurors more likely to convict unattractive people

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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

Dark Hair and Light Eyes in Female College Students: A Potential Biologic Marker for Liability to Psychopathology

That is an interesting correlation, if confirmed:

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Informal observation suggested that dark-haired/light eyed females (target group) might have a liability to psychopathology. Questionnaire data obtained from eight large undergraduate classes during a four year period (1974-77) yielded consistently higher percentages of target group individuals reporting hospitalization of first-degree relatives and of self. (Editor)

Artificial Intelligence Bots Speaking To Each other

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