Category Archives: links
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Penny Arcade! – I Hope You Like Text Don’t say another goddamn word. Up until now, I’ve been polite. If you say anything else- word one- I will kill myself. And when my tainted spirit finds its destination, I will … Continue reading
Where to Get your Freak On
Not too many surprises here, right? Sociosexuality is a concept in social psychology that refers to how favorable people are to sex outside of commitment. It can be measured by answers to questions such as “I can imagine myself being … Continue reading
A Guide to the Next Ten Years
Via Marginal Revolution, the list is pretty depressing, but then the author does call himself a radical pessimist. Those of you who couldn’t come up with something for your BCG applications, take heart: 28) It will become harder to view … Continue reading
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More Stats from okcupid
These people are awesome…I don’t think I’ve linked to their previous few posts on the blog before, although I have shared their results before on Google Reader and/or Twitter. This is the latest, the real stuff white people like, on … Continue reading
Filed under christianity, links, nerdy, religion
Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs and Following Your Passion
My friend Varun Torka pointed this out to me after I wrote that other post about “creative professionals”. This is one of the most awesome TED talks I’ve ever seen. You really, really have to watch the video to get … Continue reading
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Basically, The Matrix Question
Alonzo Fyfe on Desire Utilitarianism Here is a little thought experiment that should completely refute any residual notion that people are basically selfish, while it illustrates the case that desire fulfillment is what human action aims towards. You, and somebody … Continue reading
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I find this to be very true
The article itself is interesting but no great…what’s the appropriate term there? It’s about a psychologist who wrote a “scientifically rigorous” self-help book. It’s more interesting that it sounds, though. The Self-Help Psychologist Is In – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com … Continue reading
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Treacherous Evidence
Paul Krugman pushes out a post assuring his loyal readership that the Republicans will not, in fact, storm back to power in 2010. Which seems likely, because the party is if anything getting even more reactionary, on average. But I … Continue reading
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Vindication!
From payscale.com , via Greg Mankiw. Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary Methodology Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more. I mean, … Continue reading
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Online Discourse Part 2: Pareto Ideologies.
Julian Sanchez comes to the same conclusions that I came to, in an interesting post: Given that my current idée fixe seems to be the depressing rarity with which people actually understand the views of people with different ideologies, I … Continue reading
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