How people make up good reasons for bad behaviour:
U are deciding between two magazines to read. The one you choose just happens to feature photos of women in very small swimsuits. But you do not, you claim, pick that particular magazine for the bathing beauties; it happens to have more interesting articles, or better coverage of copper mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. You will say this even in the midst of a lab experiment that has been set up so that the only possible difference…
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An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day – HarvardBusiness.org:
naging our time needs to become a ritual too. Not simply a list or a vague sense of our priorities. That's not consistent or deliberate. It needs to be an ongoing process we follow no matter what to keep us focused on our priorities throughout the day. I think we can do it in three steps that take less than 18 minutes over an eight-hour workday. STEP 1 (5 Minutes) Set Plan for Day. Before turning on your computer, sit…
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Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen
in over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More Successful How To Get People To Like You: 7 Ways From An FBI Behavior Expert
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Why Do Leaves Really Fall Off Trees?
call this season the "fall" because all around us right now (if you live near leaf-dropping trees in a temporal zone), leaves are turning yellow and looking a little dry and crusty. So when a stiff breeze comes along, those leaves seem to "fall" off, thus justifying the name "fall." Sounds reasonable, no? But the truth is much more interesting. According to Peter Raven, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden and a renowned botanist, the wind doesn't gently pull…
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How bad is it to miss a few hours of sleep?
a study at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 2003, for example, scientists examined the cognitive effects of a week of poor sleep, followed by three days of sleeping at least eight hours a night. The scientists found that the "recovery" sleep did not fully reverse declines in performance on a test of reaction times and other psychomotor tasks, especially for subjects who had been forced to sleep only three or five hours a night. In a…
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75% of Potential Military Recruits Too Fat, Too Sickly, Too Dumb to Serve:
re than three-quarters of the nation’s 17- to 24-year-olds couldn’t serve in the military, even if they wanted to. They’re too fat, too sickly, too dumb, have too many kids, or have copped to using illegal drugs. The armed services are willing to grant waivers for some of those conditions - asthma, or a little bit of weed. But the military’s biggest concern is how big and how weak its potential recruits have become. “The major component of this is…
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How to use game theory to buy a car:
search the car carefully on the internet and decide exactly what you want. Determine the colour, the extras, everything. Then, call every dealer within, say, a 20-mile radius. When they answer, tell them exactly the car that you want. Then inform them that you are calling all the dealers in the area and asking about the same car. You are going to buy the car at 5pm from the dealership offering you the best deal. You will ring back soon…
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Projected State Marijuana Tax Revenues, if legalized:
bsp; Projected marijuana tax revenues* State Tax Revenue (in millions) California 105.4 New York 65.5 Florida 48.2 Texas 46.6 Ohio 34.8 Michigan 32.4 Illinois 31.6 Pennsylvania 30.5 Washington 22.0 Virginia 20.9 North Carolina 20.6 Georgia 19.3 New Jersey 19.3 Massachusetts 18.4 Indiana 17.8 Colorado 17.6 Missouri 15.6 Minnesota 14.3 Oregon 14.1 Maryland 13.9 Wisconsin 13.4 Arizona 13.0 Louisiana 13.0 Tennessee 12.2 Kentucky 10.2 Connecticut 9.8 South Carolina 9.1 Alabama 8.9 Oklahoma 8.3 Nevada 7.9 Arkansas 6.7 Kansas 6.6 Mississippi 6.6…
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