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andrewducker) wrote2009-01-17 03:30 pm
andrewducker) wrote2009-01-17 03:30 pm
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A new study in the journal Neuron shows when people hold an opinion differing from others in a group, their brains produce an error signal. A zone of the brain popularly called the "oops area" becomes extra active, while the "reward area" slows down, making us think we are too different.
A modest proposal for calendar reform
Remember that Zimbabwe redemoninated in mid 2008 and took 10 zeroes off the bills, and it hardly seems worth mentioning but they took 3 zeroes off in 2006. That makes this new bill 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 which may or may not be 1 nonillion dollars. It's a lot of zeroes, I may have missed a few one way or another.
Editorial on how rational theories of economics are based on a picture of human behaviour that's badly wrong.
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