The First Successful Demonstration Of Brain-To-Brain Communication In Humans. Cockatoos Learn To Make Tools By Watching Their Friends. Baumol's cost disease. Baumol's cost disease (also known as the Baumol Effect) is a phenomenon described by William J.
Baumol and William G. Bowen in the 1960s.[1] It involves a rise of salaries in jobs that have experienced no increase of labor productivity in response to rising salaries in other jobs which did experience such labor productivity growth. This seemingly goes against the theory in classical economics that wages are closely tied to labor productivity changes. The rise of wages in jobs without productivity gains is caused by the requirement to compete for employees with jobs that did experience gains and hence can naturally pay higher salaries, just as classical economics predicts.
Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century. To sum up: modern growth, which is based on the growth of productivity and the diffusion of knowledge, has made it possible to avoid the apocalypse predicted by Marx and to balance the process of capital accumulation.
But it has not altered the deep structures of capital -- or at any rate has not truly reduced the macroeconomic importance of capital relative to labor. I must now examine whether the same is true for inequality in the distribution of income and wealth. How much has the structure of inequality with respect to both labor and capital actually changed since the nineteenth century? How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage. Piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/PikettyZucman2013Slides.pdf. Thomas Piketty - capitalisback.
Piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/capital21c/en/Piketty2014TechnicalAppendixResponsetoFT.pdf. Have we been dramatically underestimating elephant intelligence? World Economic Outlook (WEO): Hopes, Realities, and Risks, April 2013 - text.pdf. Yerkes & Dodson (1908) Classics in the History of Psychology An internet resource developed by Christopher D.
Green York University, Toronto, Ontario (Return to Classics index) Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Is Wine Bullshit? A Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux sells for a minimum of around $500 a bottle, while humble brands like Charles Shaw and Franzia sell for as little as $2.
But as far as “wine economists” are concerned, the level of correlation between the price of a bottle of wine and its quality is low or nonexistent. In a number of damning studies, they suggest that wine is not just poorly priced, but that the different tastes we describe in wine may all be in our heads. Cognitive bias. Systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment Although it may seem like such misperceptions would be aberrations, biases can help humans find commonalities and shortcuts to assist in the navigation of common situations in life.[5] Some cognitive biases are presumably adaptive.
Cognitive biases may lead to more effective actions in a given context.[6] Furthermore, allowing cognitive biases enables faster decisions which can be desirable when timeliness is more valuable than accuracy, as illustrated in heuristics.[7] Other cognitive biases are a "by-product" of human processing limitations,[1] resulting from a lack of appropriate mental mechanisms (bounded rationality), impact of individual's constitution and biological state (see embodied cognition), or simply from a limited capacity for information processing.[8][9] Overview[edit] The "Linda Problem" illustrates the representativeness heuristic (Tversky & Kahneman, 1983[14]).
Johari window. The Johari window is a technique created in 1955 by two American psychologists, Joseph Luft (1916–2014) and Harrington Ingham (1914–1995),[1] used to help people better understand their relationship with self and others.
It is used primarily in self-help groups and corporate settings as a heuristic exercise. When performing the exercise, subjects are given a list of 58 adjectives and pick five or six that they feel describe their own personality. Peers of the subject are then given the same list, and each pick five or six adjectives that describe the subject. These adjectives are then mapped onto a grid.[2] Charles Handy calls this concept the Johari House with four rooms. World War II Did Not End the Great Depression - Art Carden. [This article originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of the Freeman as "The Great Depression and World War II.
" An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Keith Hocker, is available for download.] The current economic climate has a lot of people talking about the Great Depression. In particular, it has been said by people of divergent political views (George Will and Paul Krugman, for example) that World War II ended the decade-long economic nightmare. Examining this claim is worthwhile because it has implications for whether government intervention generally — and in connection with war specifically — are good for the economy. How to Read Body Language to Reveal the Underlying Truth in Almost Any Situation. Hilarious Experiment On Monkeys. New study says American families are overwhelmed by clutter, rarely eat together, and are generally stressed out about it all. Tell me about it. That sums up Boston parents’ reaction to new research by UCLA-affiliated social scientists concluding that American families are overwhelmed by clutter, too busy to go in their own backyards, rarely eat dinner together even though they claim family meals as a goal, and can’t park their cars in the garage because they’re crammed with non-vehicular stuff.
The team of anthropologists and archeologists spent four years studying 32 middle-class Los Angeles families in their natural habitat — their toy-littered homes — and came to conclusions so grim that the lead researcher used the word “disheartening” to describe the situation we have gotten ourselves into. Euro 2012: les tirs au but ne sont pas une loterie.
Les data en forme. Jer Thorp: Make data more human. Who Lived in Your House in 1940? Here’s a splendid diversion if you’re a data nerd, a history buff, or even just like good detective work: Tell the story of the family that lived in your house in 1940.
A bit more background. If you are in the United States, you probably remember participating in the Decennial Census in 2010. These forms are kept confidential for 72 years—roughly an average American’s life span. But this same rule means that today (actually, a couple of days ago), the 1940 Census results became public information. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - UT Library Online. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts, by Frank Richard Stockton.
The God issue: New science of religion. (Image: Richard Wilkinson) Can't live with him, can't live without him.
In a special series of articles we lay out a new vision that resets the terms of the debate In our enlightened world, god is still everywhere. In the UK, arguments rage over "militant atheism" and the place of religion in public life. In the US, religion is again taking centre stage in the presidential election. 10 biggest puzzles of human evolution. Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively.
Philosophy. Droit. Economie. Appinions. Maslow Self Actualization - unlearn. "Self Actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately, of what the organism is. " Abraham Maslow Maslow studied healthy people, most psychologists study sick people. The characteristics listed here are the results of 20 years of study of people who had the "full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities, etc.. " Paul Ekman. Paul Ekman. F.A.C.E. Training. Détection des mensonges. Bonjour et bienvenue dans ce nouvel article qui traitera essentiellement du test du logiciel de Paul Ekman et des micro expressions dont vous avez certainement entendu parler dans la série diffusée actuellement en France et qui se nomme Lie to Me.
Le logiciel m’a été gracieusement prêté par une amie résident aux états unis et qui s’était acheté ce CD pour s’amuser. Aussi est-ce une vieille version qui date de 2003, mais il me semble que sur le site de Paul Ekman il y a une autre version mais qui est exclusivement on-line . Ce n’est pas bien grave car cela vous donnera un aperçu de ce logiciel que l’on retrouve dans la série, mais aussi de comprendre un peu mieux les recherches de Mr Ekman sur le sujet. Avant de commencer à parler du concept des micro expressions et de voir ce logiciel, il me semblait important de dégager les principaux acteurs de la détection des mensonges. Résultats Google Recherche d'images correspondant à. Michael Sandel. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sandel.
Michael Sandel en 2012 Son cours intitulé « Justice » a été suivi par plus de 15 000 étudiants à Harvard[1] et filmé par une télévision de Boston qui l'a diffusé aux États-Unis en 2009. Il fait l'objet de traductions au Japon et en Chine, y rencontrant un grand succès[1]. Son livre Justice, what the right thing to do s'est vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires en Asie du Sud-Est[1]. Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice. Ancestry5_large.jpg (3000×1536)
Des images dans la tête… The Easter Island “Heads” Have Bodies.