November 19, 2009

Fearless Kids Go On To Become Criminals


so he was wrong?



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November 15, 2009

The Fort Hood Shooter: A News Quiz

in which the better you score, the worse off you are

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"so it was the Zoloft?"



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November 13, 2009

Is Obama Inspiring Black Adults To Step Up? The Nature Of Altruism, Part 1

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no, I got this


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November 11, 2009

Stanford Prison Experiment Redux

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it appears I'd lay there too if I were you


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November 5, 2009

Gossip Girl Is Going To Corrupt Someone


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please let it be me, please let it be me



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November 3, 2009

50% of American Kids Receive Food Stamps

Marx was right.  America is finished.


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October 29, 2009

You Want To Be Don Draper? You Already Are

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One of these is Dorian Gray, the other is the picture


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October 26, 2009

The New York Yankees: Mission Accomplished


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The House that George built.



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October 23, 2009

Shouting vs. Spanking

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Fake, fake, everything you do is fake, fake, fake...



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October 21, 2009

How Am I Going To Get Paid If It Isn't Autism?

But many children whose symptoms significantly differ from classic autism--who belong only on the milder end of the autism spectrum, if they belong anywhere on the spectrum at all--are inaccurately ending up with serious autism diagnoses.

Wait: it isn't what you think.


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October 19, 2009

Wolf Blitzer Is Not An Idiot


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It's much worse than that.



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October 16, 2009

The Neurobiology of Wisdom

It's always in the last place you look.


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October 15, 2009

Don Draper Voted "Most Influential Man"

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The most important thing to understand is this: Don Draper does not exist.



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October 12, 2009

In Honor Of Columbus Day: Christopher Columbus Was Wrong

Repost.


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October 8, 2009

More On Amygdala, Anxiety, and MRIs

After the last post, I thought, "perhaps I was too broad.  Maybe too political, maybe I didn't have enough concrete examples."

Then I opened my mail.


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October 6, 2009

The Problem With Science Is Scientists

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one of these is a false positive, the other is false


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October 2, 2009

Part 2: Why Can't Kids Walk Alone To School


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October 2, 2009

Why Can't Kids Walk Alone To School? Part 1

136 comments on Metafilter about an article on the NYT, and none of them suggest that the problem is that adults are untrustworthy and dangerous.


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September 29, 2009

Is More Regulation Needed?

I know disagreeing with Daniel Carlat is like disagreeing with Obama-- how can you?-- but someone has to.


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September 28, 2009

Jay-Z Is A Genius

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Q: What do the three red lines mean? A: Wrong.



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