Archive for 'psychology'
The illusion of competence
I’ve seen them in meetings (especially “NATO Initiatives”: meetings that are “no action, talk only”). They’re listing to the discussion, sometimes contributing comments, browsing documents, and responding to text messages on their cell phones. They think they’re pretty sharp.
But, according to Clifford I. Nass, a Stanford psychology professor, “Heavy multitaskers are often extremely confident in [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under psychology.
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Left face / right face : Gary Busey
This is the latest in my left face/right face series. I noticed Gary Busey has a very asymmetrical face. The original photo is in the middle. The image on the left is composed of the right side of his face repeated, and the image on the right is made up of two left sides.
I don’t [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under art and illustration, psychology.
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On Taste
In a previous post I mentioned that Norman Mailer was not a writer particularly to my taste. Just after writing that I came upon an account of a couple of interesting experiments that speak to the subjectivity of taste — in this case the taste of wine. The following passages are from an article by [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2007 under psychology.
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More Left Face – Right Face
I’ve added a few more examples to my exercise in comparing the left and right sides of people’s faces. The new examples are:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tim Gunn
Andre Breton
Johnny Depp
Miles Davis
Jane Fonda
Ron Artest
Moby
Pedro Almodovar
Posted: April 14th, 2007 under art and illustration, psychology.
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