// April 20th, 2011 // Comments Off // Digests, Insight
- On being wrong: Kathryn Schulz on TED.com, Team @ TED Blog:
Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we’re wrong about that? “Wrongologist” Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.(Recorded at TED2011, March 2011, in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 17:57) Watch Kathryn Schulz’s talk on TED….
- March of the Yemeni Women – By Tom Finn, Team @ Foreign Policy:
Angered by the taunts of Yemen’s embattled president, women take to the streets of Sanaa to call for his head.
- A Biblical Post, Daniel Hamermesh @ Freakonomics:
Photo: David Campbell 2 Kings VII discusses an incident in which the people of Israel are besieged and food prices are skyrocketing. A military officer scoffs when “a man of God” predicts that barley will soon sell for ½ shekel and fine flour for 1 shekel (very low prices). The …
- The U.K.’s ‘Under-Aged’ Socially Networked Children, Team @ Freakonomics:
According to a new study by the London School of Economics, one in every three children in the U.K. between 9 and 12 has his/her own Facebook page, despite Facebook’s minimum age requirement of 13. Among 13-16 year-olds, that number shoots to 43 percent. Researchers noted that European children …
- Hungry, Hungry Judges, Team @ Freakonomics:
Photo: ssalonso If you’re going to court, you better hope that judge had breakfast. Or just a break. A new study looked into psychological effects in the courtroom from the supply side: the judges. Researchers evaluated results from more than 1,000 rulings made by 8 Israeli judges and found that …
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