Beneficial effects of expore to nature
“If taking up mindfulness meditation does not seem to be a likely course of action for you anytime soon, there is a simpler way for you to increase your atten-…
Recent paper about democracy and self-assessment/Dunning-Kruger
More mainstream article that mentioned the study: http://news.yahoo.com/people-arent-smart-enough-democracy-flourish-scientists-185601411.html The actual paper: A Mathematical Model of Democratic Elections Original Dunning-Kruger paper: unskilledandunaware "Abstract: Democratic election is the preferred method for determining…
Sex difference in hygiene
A friend of mine recently showed me a blog of one of her friends. Since it has an absurd amount of posts (like my blogs, but even more!), i tried…
Nationalism, patriotism – difference?
From a 4chan thread: OP: What's the difference between nationalism and patriotism? Emil: l2google. Spent <5 mins on Google and found this. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/patriotism/#PatNat Because you may not know how to…
Alcoholism and LSD
http://politiken.dk/videnskab/ECE1566364/forskere-syretrip-er-godt-mod-alkoholisme/ (danish) http://www.nature.com/news/lsd-helps-to-treat-alcoholism-1.10200 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) for alcoholism meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Abstract: “Assessments of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in the treatment of alcoholism have not been based…
Vocab size of non-native english speakers by country
http://testyourvocab.com/blog/2011-09-10-Results-by-country.php Somewhat surprising Denmark and Norway (difference perhaps not statistically significant) are at the top. I was expecting to see France because most english words have french or latin (both…
Very high IQ and drug use: a mystery?
Focus article: Intelligence and past use of recreational drugs Summary: (Using the 'the Savannah principle') one gets the idea that the smarter people are, the more likely it is that…
Lawrence Summers speech which got him fired
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers#Differences_between_the_sexes One wud expect it to be really harsh or something, but after reading it, i have the feeling "is that it?". If one can get fired for saying just…
Proposed method for estimating how much a person has read using an electronic library
Introduction Many studies show that self-assessment is hard and often biased in a positive direction, i.e., people tend to overestimate themselves. Therefore, if one wants a correct self-assessment one needs…