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The psychology of house pricing. According to one realtor, a price like $433,779 “would be a real turnoff ... you’re talking about someone who’s … gulfstream/2236
“Her Evite reply had to indicate she was glad to have been invited. It had to illustrate she had good reason for not attending. Most of all, it had to … gulfstream/2201
Review of The Two Towers: [Gollum] gives the movie a chance for psychological inquiry—the one thing it doesn’t require. “The Lord of … gulfstream/993
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Fogonazos: "No es una ilusión óptica, es que tu cerebro falla"
The Economics of Pinball « Cheap Talk
"Eventually, to keep the pinballers playing, the games became so advanced that entry-level players faced an impossible barrier. High-schoolers in 1986 were either dropouts or professionals in 1992 and without inflow of new players that year essentially marked the end of pinball. In 1992 The Addams Family was the last machine to sell big. By this time, pinball machines used a free-game system called replay boost. After any replay, the score required was increased by some increment. Apparently, only hardcore pinballers were left and this was the only way to prevent them playing indefinitely for free."
Why Wine Ratings Are Badly Flawed - WSJ.com
"The judges' wine ratings typically varied by ±4 points on a standard ratings scale running from 80 to 100. A wine rated 91 on one tasting would often be rated an 87 or 95 on the next. Some of the judges did much worse, and only about one in 10 regularly rated the same wine within a range of ±2 points."
Online Dating Advice: Exactly What To Say In A First Message « OkTrends
Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive « alex.moskalyuk
no sources, often contradictory
Op-Ed Columnist - Would You Slap Your Father? If So, You’re a Liberal - NYTimes.com
"One of the main divides between left and right is the dependence on different moral values. For liberals, morality derives mostly from fairness and prevention of harm. For conservatives, morality also involves upholding authority and loyalty — and revulsion at disgust." hrm maybe.
Six Tips for Introverted Travelers - Features - World Hum
Confessions of an Introverted Traveler - Features - World Hum
Lessons In Survival | Print Article | Newsweek.com
sounds a lot like waterboarding, actually: "During this testing, a lot of sailors black out. They simply don't get enough oxygen and lose consciousness. Morgan has watched many of them sink to the bottom of the pool before divers pull them to the surface. On the deck, the unconscious sailors are rolled on their sides, and as soon as they revive, an instructor shouts again and again: "Are you gonna quit? Are you gonna quit?" Sailors are given 30 seconds to answer or they're kicked out of the program. If they say they want to keep going, they're given another 30 seconds to recover and then they're thrown back into the pool."
Why money messes with your mind - science-in-society - 18 March 2009 - New Scientist
list of some of the ways in which we're irrational about money: more concerned about a different of $10 in buying a meal than in buying a house, for example. (i suspect that part of this is due to necessity ... it's somewhat true that if you look after pennies, the pounds look after themselves ... buy only somewhat.)
Preoccupations - Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time - NYTimes.com
"This doesn’t mean we should always avoid face-to-face meetings — but it is certain that every organization has too many meetings, and far too many poorly designed ones."
Hikikomori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"individuals who refuse to leave their parents' house, and isolate themselves from society in their homes for a period exceeding six months"
The eyeballing game
eyeball right angles, etc.
Brendan O’Connor’s Blog - AI and Social Science » Moral psychology on Amazon Mechanical Turk
Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
on memory, and an eccentric pole who created some software to help you remember
Confessions of a Car Salesman
nice, long, article by undercover car salesman