January 2011
Anthropometry of Love: Height and Gender... →
Both in the UK and in the US, we observe puzzling gender asymmetries in the propensity to outmarry: Black men are substantially more likely to have white spouses than Black women, but the opposite is true for Chinese: Chinese men are half less likely to be married to a White person than Chinese women. We argue that differences in height distributions, combined with a simple preference for a...
“Let me tell you something about Sarah Palin, man, she’s good masturbation...”
– Tracy Morgan, professional truth speaker.
Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? →
The truth is that I feel little nostalgia for ’90s grunge, and almost no connection to the version of myself that once felt part of the Alternative Nation. I once believed that the rise of so-called alternative music in the early ’90s was the greatest thing to happen in my lifetime—world-changing, no less—but now this notion seems almost too embarrassing to admit in print...
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Courtesy of the New York Post:
Nearly 40 percent of women say that social-networking media, such as text-messaging and Facebook, are causing them to jump into the sack faster with partners than they would have in the past, according to a poll by Men’s Fitness and Shape magazines.
“The texting and all the social networking that’s happening … creates...
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“Are your friends more popular than you are? There doesn’t seem to be any obvious...”
– John Allen Paulos
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“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person. Or...”
– Artie Leach, on becoming Cary Grant
“[T]he caffeine in coffee and the anti-inflammatory ingredients of aspirin and...”
– Richard Alleyne, on the hangover cure, science-approved
The Time Hack →
The Time Hack is an experiment aimed at exploring whether our perception of time is influenced by our actions.
The year-long project aims to test whether time itself is flexible and whether our brains measure time differently than the clocks around us.
Research suggests a person’s perception of how much time has passed between two points and how well memories are recorded onto an individual’s...
“[A] lot of politics is group status politics in disguise. Small government...”
– Fabio Rojas
An explanation for enhanced perceptions of... →
Acute alcohol consumption increases ratings of attractiveness to faces. This may help to explain increased frequencies of sexual encounters during periods of alcohol intoxication. At least in part, such increased attraction may be the result of alcohol consumption decreasing ability to detect bilateral asymmetry, presumably because of the reductions in the levels of visual function. We...
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List of Common Misconceptions →
This list of common or popular misconceptions describes documented, widespread ideas and beliefs which are fallacious, misleading, or otherwise flawed.
Instant Detox →
Then one day [Bryan] Peterson was talking to a friend who mentioned a miracle treatment gaining popularity in the Los Angeles area. Doctors were anesthetizing addicts and using an intravenous drug cocktail to induce an almost instantaneous withdrawal from the heroin. Within 24 hours, an addict would be pronounced clean and sober. Peterson borrowed the $15,000 for the procedure from his...
The Bounty Hunter's Pursuit of Justice →
Most people don’t realize how many fugitives from the law there are. About one-quarter of all felony defendants fail to show up on the day of their trial … many felony defendants skip court with willful intent. The police are charged with recapturing these fugitives, but some of them are chased by an even more tireless pursuer, the bounty hunter.
