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Trade-offs: Sometimes You Can’t Be Harder, Better, Faster, and Stronger
Smarter isn't always better. This, at least, was the conclusion of Thomas Hills and Ralph Hertwig in a new meta-analysis. They pointed to studies of drug research and enhanced mental traits. In cases...
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When Economies Aren’t Rational: Victor Ricciardi Weighs in On Behavioral Finance
Traditional economists and financial professors like to pretend that we live in a rational world, but a growing body of evidence challenges many of these basic assumptions. Evidence from psychology...
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Science and Religion: Why Does Religion Exist?
I'll come out and say it. I'm an atheist. Those who have been reading this blog for quite some time probably won't be surprised by this, but I've avoided bringing it up before for one simple reason....
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Howard Rheingold On Social Media, the Intelligence of Networks, and the...
Social media is everywhere now, but there was a time not so long ago that it wasn't much more than an abstract theory. In the 1980s, a few academics theorized about virtual worlds, and Howard Rheingold...
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Creativity and the Science of Innovation (With Infographics)
What if creativity wasn't what you thought it was? What if was measurable, repeatable, almost tangible? What if it was possible to manufacture creativity? On one level, the idea that creativity could...
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Madeline Ashby on “vN,” Women in SF, and Futurism
I'll keep this intro short so you can dive right into the intro. Madeline Ashby is on the cutting edge of written SF. (That's "science fiction" or "speculative fiction" for those of you who are more...
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Study: Debt Crisis Caused by the Educated
A study at Ohio State University suggests that highly educated Americans were the most likely to accumulate debt that they couldn't handle in the years leading up to the financial crisis of 2008.
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Crop Rotation Plan Boosts Profits AND Sustainability
Far from a collection of hippies, researchers from the USDA, Iowa State University, and University of Minnesota have concluded that a new and improved crop rotation plan could improve environmental...
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The Psychology of Group Violence is Protected by Morality Shifts
Three studies conducted by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, suggest that the violence of a group is justified by a subtle shift in the way things are framed. In other words, if a group commits...
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Social and Analytical Intelligence Inhibit Each Other, Brain Study Concludes
A new study reveals that cognitive empathy and analytical reasoning are not only powered by two separate networks in the brain, but that these two networks actually inhibit one another. Using fMRI,...
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