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Assorted Links

Thanks to Vic Sarjoo.

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6 Responses to “Assorted Links”

  1. Tom Says:
    November 13th, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    It’s interesting how disappointed the researcher was that the meat images didn’t make people aggressive.

    So he’s off to craft another study where he can try to cure the defect.

    What a pathetic excuse for a ‘scientist.’ Confirmation bias, anyone?

  2. Seth Roberts Says:
    November 13th, 2010 at 8:43 pm

    If there was confirmation bias, it makes the results — which were opposite to the direction in which confirmation bias would push them — more impressive.

    “what a pathetic excuse for a scientist”: well, I’m impressed that an undergraduate did such interesting research. I don’t care if he had preexisting ideas about what the results would be. That’s the usual state of affairs.

  3. anonymous Says:
    November 14th, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Seeing boobies also calms men down. Can I get a grant?

  4. anonymous Says:
    November 15th, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Should you be searching out or talking about pasture butter, which is high in omega-3 fatty acids? Or cultured butter, which is normal in Europe but unusual in the US, which is filled with living cultures? Culture butter is easy to make — take cream, add a dollop of yogurt and leave on the counter for a day or two or three, then churn. Then you get real buttermilk, too, a lovely thing.

  5. Seth Roberts Says:
    November 15th, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    thanks for the suggestion about pasture butter, which is a good one. I am currently in Beijing where it is hard to get any butter. when I get back to the US I will try different kinds of butter.

  6. G Says:
    November 16th, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    Might there be an obvious error in the meat study? It is supposed to find an innate effect of meat on mood, but meat – especially cooked meat as in the study – has acquired, positive associations.

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