“Guilty pleasure” …Something pleasurable that induces a usually minor feeling of guilt. – Merriam-Webster …Something that you shouldn’t like, but like anyway. – Urban Dictionary . These definitions focus on emotional and cognitive elements (e.g., feelings of guilt, pleasurable, shouldn’t like, like), but they overlook the behaviors associated with guilty
Original post can be found on the Humor Code’s Huffington Post Blog. Celebrated polemicist Christopher Hitchens, who passed away last month, never lacked targets for his writerly ire: Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, Gore Vidal — even Mother Teresa was not immune. But in a polarizing 2007 Vanity Fair essay, Hitchens
One of my tasks during my winter break (aside from research) is to plan a decision making conference that is coming to Boulder (June 27-29, 2012). Here is some information about it: The Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference (BDRM) is held biennially and brings together the best of behavioral
My colleague, Lawrence Williams, did a fascinating research project, which examines how your physical experiences influences your emotional experiences. I was skeptical when I started hearing about studies like these, but now there are so many examples , that I have come around. What do you think? ————————————————————————————————— Williams,
With Joel Warner (Post on Wired) You’ve seen it on Mad Men: The agency’s creative staff whiles away the noon hour with a liquid lunch of Old Fashioneds, then pops back into the office and whips off a whimsical Lucky Strike ad campaign that gets the masses chomping at
More about my trip to Los Angeles. (Previously posted at Humor Code) Here at the Humor Code world headquarters, we’ve long struggled with the concept of stand-up comedy. Of all the types of humor to study, it’s likely the most obvious, the most discussed, the most written about, the most
With Joel Warner (Cross posted on The Humor Code’s Psychology Today blog) With the holidays upon us, we’re taking a break from deconstructing what makes things funny and instead pondering the tradition that is Thanksgiving. We’re not talking about gathering with friends and family to express gratitude for what we
In a previous post, I suggested that a joke can be deemed “too late” (as opposed to “too soon”) if a lot of time has passed since the event being joked about. A more common reason that a joke can be seem irrelevant is when the audience doesn’t understand the
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
