Dunning Kruger effect, again
It came to my attention that some other scientists had challenged the interpretation of Dunning Kruger. I read some abstracts. The challenge is legit. I then proceeded to look for…
Re. Thinking in foreign language makes decisions more rational (Ars Technica)
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/thinking-in-foreign-language-makes-decisions-more-rational.ars This surely sounds like one of those dubious psychology experiments. U know the type, the type with a single or perhaps two small experiments that were slightly below p<0.05…
Thoughts about bogus and or pseudoscientific educational/intelligence theories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences Multiple Intelligences, the Mozart Effect, and Emotional Intelligence A Critical Review Inadequate evidence for Multiple Intelligences, Mozart Effect, and Emotional Intelligence Theories The entire issue of that journal seems…
On being right and avoiding being wrong
The two goals: 1) having true beliefs, 2) not having false beliefs may seem to be equivalent or something like that, but they in fact result in different optimal strats.…
Re: Why Would You Remove Half a Brain? The Outcome of 58 Children After Hemispherectomy—The Johns Hopkins Experience: 1968 to 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispherectomy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiplegia Paper: Why Would You Remove Half a Brain The Outcome of 58 Children After Hemispherectomy—The Johns Hopkins Experience 1968 to 1996 This is really strange but also interesting!…
Quotes from Nyborg (ed.) The Scientific Study of Human Nature (
The Scientific Study of Human Nature - Helmuth Nuborg ed I had thought about reading this book, but decided against it due to its age (1997). The reasoning is that…
Quote from: Everyday Life as an Intelligence Test: Effects of Intelligence and Intelligence Context
gordon-1997-everyday-life-as-an-intelligence-test-effects-of-intelligence-and-intelligence-context (Thanks to this guy for making me aware of the paper) "Take, for example, complaints concerning a Year IV-6 Stanford-Binet item, which shows three pairs of sharply contrasting drawings…
Review of Psychology Applied to Modern Life: ADJUSTMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Applied-Modern-Life-Adjustment/dp/1111186634/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332697052&sr=8-1 I heard of the book from LessWrong. I was reading the series about the science of winning at life by Lukeprog and he recommended this book if one had…
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-…
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…