The dictator game is a very simple game in experimental economics that touches on the altruistic value in humans. The game is simple. You participate for the experiment and are seated in a room along with one of the people running the experiment. They give you ten one dollar bills which you are then allowed [...]
I was fortunate enough to attend a guest lecture by Cornel West at Bennet College on March 26th at the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel. It appeared to be an open topic lecture, which started off mostly ad-lib and evolved into opines on many broad topics including US politics, the current financial system, racism, black history [...]
If it smells, it’s chemistry. If it moves, it’s biology. If it doesn’t work, it’s physics.
March 22, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Beware when you’re at Ruby Tuesday and they ask if you’d like cheese on the mashed potatoes and vegetables; it’s $2 each. In other words, cheese on the mashed potatoes is $2 extra and cheese on the vegetables is yet another $2.
The plate of “chicken bella” which was $9 cost an extra $4 because they [...]
You may have seen this already posted in a billion other blogs out on the net. But in case you haven’t…
What the truest definition of globalization? Princess Diana’s death.
Why?
An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk [...]
March 11, 2009 – 12:32 pm
Over the past few years in an effort to stymie innovation to their industry, the content providers — the RIAA, MPAA, et al — have gone on a relentless pursuit to sue anyone and everyone involved in any sort of file sharing which resulted in unauthorized distribution of their copyrighted works (I will refrain from [...]
Chemist Georg Steinhauser spent three years researching into the mysteries of his belly button and the endless supply of lint which collects there. After examining 503 pieces of disgusting fluff from his own belly button, he has discovered the type of body hair which traps stray pieces of lint and draws them there. Chemical analysis [...]