Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Freakonomics » Cognitive Bias Song

April 30, 2011 – Love it

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Freakonomics » Cognitive Bias Song

April 30, 2011 – Love it

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Guest Blog – Trains, nukes, marriage, and vaccines (and anything else) – Why the facts don't matter

April 26, 2011 – I realized this week that since we have a built in “us vs them” mentality we should use it to our advantage. One of the problems with trying to be a rational human being is that we’re terrible at it. Did you know that 75% of people are suffering from a serious delusion like believing in werewolves or that your friends and family disguise themselves as other people to deceive you? 75%!!! That being the case I suggest putting yourself in the “us” delusional category (you probably are anyway and just don’t know it) vs the “them” that aren’t. That way when you have to deal with one of those folks that don’t believe in vaccines or global warming or the moon landing or believe in Intelligent Design you can rejoice in finding another one of “us” instead of automatically labeling them “them”.

This post talks about the need to acknowledge social identity when dealing with people that refuse to accept science. I thought my new outlook fit right in.

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Guest Blog – Trains, nukes, marriage, and vaccines (and anything else) – Why the facts don't matter

April 26, 2011 – I realized this week that since we have a built in “us vs them” mentality we should use it to our advantage. One of the problems with trying to be a rational human being is that we’re terrible at it. Did you know that 75% of people are suffering from a serious delusion like believing in werewolves or that your friends and family disguise themselves as other people to deceive you? 75%!!! That being the case I suggest putting yourself in the “us” delusional category (you probably are anyway and just don’t know it) vs the “them” that aren’t. That way when you have to deal with one of those folks that don’t believe in vaccines or global warming or the moon landing or believe in Intelligent Design you can rejoice in finding another one of “us” instead of automatically labeling them “them”.

This post talks about the need to acknowledge social identity when dealing with people that refuse to accept science. I thought my new outlook fit right in.

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• 2011 March 15 – Cassini Approaches Saturn

April 13, 2011 – No CGI. Real pictures. Amazing

• Skeptic Pitied – America's Finest News Source

April 13, 2011 – Oh so funny…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Android skips uncanny valley – fills in at the office for you

March 13, 2011 – Wow! Check out these videos! Looks so lifelike (well like a person pretending to be a robot, anyway)

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• YouTube

March 1, 2011 – Space shuttle launch as seen from an airliner. Very cool

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Found Quotes, 3

February 27, 2011 – My new favorite quote…

The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine.
—-Abraham Lincoln

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

• Found Quotes, 3

February 27, 2011 – My new favorite quote…

The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine.
—-Abraham Lincoln

Just some stuff that I’ve read recently and found interesting…

• Nearly half a billion people escaped extreme poverty the last five years: Brookings report

February 22, 2011 – Something I talk about from time to time… globalization has led to a great rebalancing. The people that most need the work are finally able to do it. This means we’re reducing poverty faster than ever before. Is there still work to be done? Sure. But nothing else has ever been close to this effective.

• What it Means that an Hour’s Work Yields a Week’s Food (Part 1: productivity)

February 22, 2011 – This is also something I talk about all the time. I haven’t really figured out how to explain it very well. Hopefully this article will help…