Seed: Should hugely consequential decisions always be rationally deliberated?
JL: No. Research suggests that it’s complex decisions, the ones that involve lots of information, that benefit the most from unconscious emotional processing. The conscious brain can only handle a very limited amount of information at one time — seven digits, plus or minus two. Unconsciously, however, you can process tons of information. It’s these complex decisions — like choosing a car, an apartment, or a leather couch — that often require the rational brain to turn off to some degree.
Archive | March, 2009
Thinking is over rated
Eat Red Meat and Die Young
A recent major study says that
Over a 10-year period, people who ate the most red meat every day (about 62.5 grams per 1,000 calories per day, equivalent to a quarter-pound burger or small steak per day) had about a 30 percent greater risk of dying compared with those who consumed the least amount of red meat.
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The red meat in the study included all types of beef and pork, including bacon, cold cuts, ham, hamburgers, hot dogs, and steak, as well as meat in pizza, chili, lasagna, and stew.
Portrait Photography Tips
Five good tips:
- Relax
- Communicate
- Eye Contact with the viewer
- Give the subject something to think about
- Give sincere feedback to the subject
- Have fun
Full details at: 5 Steps to Making Great Portrait Photography.
Known Knowns and Known Unknowns
I’ve always liked this Rumsfeld quote.
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don’t know
We don’t know.
Toward a Unified Epistemology of the Natural Sciences | Cosmic Variance
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Project Stay on Side
A gripping story of why not to even try drugs.
Unfortunately I think the videos only play from Canada.
CBC.ca The National Project Stay on Side
And here’s another about bicycles that as you see is related.
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