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 am interested in the ways that people cope with pain. I recently saw my friend, Heather Irmiger (@irmigrrr), who is a world-class professional mountain biker. I asked her: How do you cope with physical pain? She differentiates two types of pain and talks about the strategy she uses depending
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:
I saw that Matt Kirshen (@mattkirshen) was performing at Denver’s Comedy Works. I cornered him in the alley and asked him: Is good comedy a conspiracy? Matt’s observation reminds me of the “minimal groups paradigm” in the psychology literature. Basically, you can take a bunch of strangers and arbitrarily create
One of my more irreverent posts. If you haven’t already seen it, check out Part 1. A few years ago I asked my students some peculiar questions as part of a voluntary anonymous survey. Besides getting their yes/no agreement, I also asked if the questions were funny (yes/no) and offensive
Please don’t take today’s post too seriously. A few years ago I was wondering how pervasive the use of Adderall was among my students. To do so, as part of a class demonstration, I set up a voluntary survey at the end of the semester. To ensure anonymity I asked
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
I will be posting video blogs on occasion. My video examines how marketers want their products to fail: x As always, I welcome feedback. ———————————————————————— More information about planned obsolescence: Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America Planned Obsolescence: 8 Products Designed to Fail Is Apple Guilty of Planned
In this introspective episode of Solo Thoughts, Peter McGraw delves into the life-altering insights gained from a year’s worth of solo psilocybin trips, exploring
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
