Pyrrho on selfishness
I was looking for something else.. and found this instead... From here: http://able2know.org/topic/151812-1 - LittleMathYou I think a 9 year old killing himself is a good representation of suicide as…
Porn stars and escorts
had to repost these! the most interesting thing ive read in a while about these interesting creatures. http://jonmillward.com/blog/studies/deep-inside-a-study-of-10000-porn-stars/ http://jonmillward.com/blog/attraction-dating/dirty-words-analysis-of-call-girl-reviews/ also:
Useless lie detectors and wasted money: the cost of irrationality
Eriksson, Anders, and Francisco Lacerda. "Charlatanry in forensic speech science: A problem to be taken seriously." International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 14.2 (2007): 169-193. I came…
Paper: Retaking ability tests in a selection setting implications for practice effects, training performance, and turnover
Retaking ability tests in a selection setting implications for practice effects, training performance, and turnover Found via http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/High_IQ_society - Abstract This field study investigated the effect of retaking…
Educational psychologist 41(4), the issue that is about multiple intelligence ‘theories’
Waterhouse, Lynn. "Multiple intelligences, the Mozart effect, and emotional intelligence: A critical review." Educational Psychologist 41.4 (2006): 207-225. Gardner, Howard, and Seana Moran. "The science of multiple intelligences theory: A…
The usefulness of sentences, a hiarchial view?
(from A natural history of negation) i had been thinking about a similar idea. but these work fine as a beginning. a good hierarchy needs a lvl for approximate truth…
Paper: Men and Women Are From Earth: Examining the Latent Structure of Gender
Men and women are from Earth Examining the latent structure of gender. Understanding Dimensions and Taxa One reason why the underlying nature of gender differences has been difficult to address…
Big update to the Cluster Wiki project
http://emilkirkegaard.dk/clusterwiki
Flouride in drinking water and … IQ?
From somone named <Anonymous> on G+ i saw a link to a blogpost from a doctor about the dangers of fouride. that sounded interesting but potentially nutty (conspiracy nuts like…
Paper: A plea for science studies (Phillip Kitcher)
This was interesting. A_Plea_for_Science_Studies_Philip_Kitcher