It may sound crazy to some of you, but I recently made the choice to stop caring about football. The seeds were planted many years ago when I skipped a Super Bowl (the Packers were playing, I think.) The three reasons why I stopped caring about football: 1) Health: Three-and-half
In just a few days, doctoral students and post-docs who hope to score an assistant professor job in marketing will be flying to Chicago. There they will participate in a round of short interviews in which they present their best research. Where it goes down. Dan Goldstein of Decision Science
With the Behavioral Research in Decision Making conference in town, now would be a good time for a lesson about defaults (which have long been a topic of study in the field). A default choice is an option that is selected automatically unless the decision maker specifies some alternative option.
Thinking about magical thinking and disgust sensitivity… There were 32 tasks featured in the study. Here are a few of the more interesting ones: -Willingness to wear a Nazi hat. -Willingness to eat chocolate fudge in the shape of dog feces. -Willingness to put a fake gun to one’s head
Karl Rove’s super pac American Crossroads recently ran an advertisement accusing Obama of being too cool to be President of the United States: Although being cool is often seen as a good thing, the ad suggests that the President should not be cool. Theoretically, I can see why we might
I came across this Split Sider article this morning: There are many talented, successful people on the list (e.g.,Sarah Silverman, Louis CK, Greg Daniels, the guys from “It’s Always Sunny). As I read it, I was remind of how talent is necessary but not sufficient for success in the competitive
Video blog: Can a marshmallow tell you how successful you will be? What do you think? Here is an amusing look at what the experiment was like:
A lot of research has considered an important question: What makes you happy? From the research one could glean a few commonly-accepted principles that you should consider before spending money some something you think will make you happy. – You adapt to (good or bad) experiences a lot faster than
This episode seeks to explore the singles advocacy movement with Gordon Morris, who is aiming to breathe new life into Unmarried Equality, a nonprofit
Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building
