The “Clinton Neuron” and why Pamela Anderson should get a cabinet post
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The Clinton Neuron
Neurodemocracy, you gotta love it. Branding, celebrity and politics — all evoke neurological responses in primitive brain areas. How can the candidates best position themselves to have the best neurological response in swing voters?
I have some advice. Free! For Senator Clinton, first, promise Pamela Anderson a cabinet post.
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Airborne® lawsuit settlement - once you find out something doesn’t work.
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Being in the biopharma business, I’m always amazed at the direct-to-consumer adverts on TV. It looks like unmitigated chutzpa to me, to advertise that you can get rid of stubborn belly fat or that you apply directly to forehead. Now, I feel a little vindicated. Except I wonder if taking away hope that a [...]
Open Up Peer Review Because We Are Global
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008“The Unknown Reviewer” by Swivelchair (work modified from Brymo ’s “Day 57 Brown Baggin It“via Flickr (under attribution license))
Kennedy, D. (2008). Confidential Review–or Not?. Science, 319(5866), 1009-1009. DOI: 10.1126/science.1156250
What are “peer-reviewers” afraid of?
“Peer-review” is the process by which scientific research is legitimized — the work is vetted by others in the industry [...]
Mistake in DOI cites report on lap dancing rather than white collar crime
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008In a previous post about white collar crime, somehow the”DOI’s” got mixed up on Research Blogging and the following study was cited instead:
MILLER, G., TYBUR, J., JORDAN, B. (2007). Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap dancers: economic evidence for human estrus?☆☆. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28(6), 375-381. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.06.002
I think this is the [...]
If men did equal housework employers wouldn’t have this problem.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Professor Henry Higgins:
Noted Wonderer of “Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like A Man?”Whereas the More Economically Efficient Question Would Be “Why Can’t A Man Be More Like A Woman?”
Selmi, M.L. (2008). The Work-Family Conflict: An Essay on Employers, Men and Responsibility. University of St. Thomas Law Journal, 1(1), 1-24.
SSRN suggested citation: Selmi, [...]
Why Microsoft is a Dysfunctional Narcissist acting like IBM from the ’70s, and Yahoo is an enabler, but Google knows what is going on and so Microsoft is smearing it
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Boy was that Scientific American article on good v. evil companies timely. So, after being branded as the “evil empire” for years, why am I again repeating this? Because Microsoft is positioning itself as a victim. It is not. Microsoft is an evil narcissist. IMO.
Narcissus
Over the years, Microsoft has forced me to pay [...]
Neuro review: Do All Companies Have to be Evil?: Scientific American
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Do All Companies Have to be Evil? Enron, Google and the evolutionary psychology of corporate environments, By Michael Shermer, Scientific American Mind February 2008
If you are at all interested in workplace psychology, read this article, it is great.
I’ve tried to articulate what goes wrong in corporations, but Mr. Shermer puts it all together, and [...]
The Neuropolitics of women: Stay at home moms penalize successful women
Saturday, January 26th, 2008One of my litmus tests for people is to see how they react to Senator Clinton: if there is irrational hostility and negative attributional bias (not based on any knowledge of the substance of her positions), I figure that person has a whole bunch of hostility somewhere, and tend to avoid them. And I’m [...]
Neuroeconomics: Does money play a role in economic crime?
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Does money play a role in economic crime?
This seems so obvious, why even ask the question?
But, for some, the thrill is in the taking — not in the having.
Engdahl, O., “The role of money in economic crime,” British Journal of Criminology (Advanced Online 01.16.08)
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