vlad
Second year graduate student in Psychology at Yale. Interested in social influences on moral judgement and decision making, etc. Huge, huge fan of dogs.
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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos on Apple Podcasts
Society & Culture · 2019
Still Not Okay: Gen Z Is Keeping Emo Alive
We spoke to the music fans who came of age (or were born) after the mainstream version of emo took hold in the mid-2000s.
Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy under investigation over anti-union tweets
Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy is under investigation after he threatened last week to fire “on the spot” any employee who as much as discussed unionization, according to a repor…
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violating labor laws to own the libs
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Epstein’s Broken Hyoid Bone Doesn’t Tell Us Much
And it certainly doesn’t suggest that he was murdered.
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@robertwrighter @paulbloomatyale @tamler (I should add this was inspired by this Slate article, where I figured that general murder / suicide rates probably aren't the right points of comparison, and that you could also just do the math, so I spent way too long digging up these numbers slate.com/technology/201… )
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Hyoid Bone Fracture: Associated With Head and Neck Trauma—A Rare Case Report
Fractures of hyoid bone resulting from trauma other than strangulation are very rare; hyoid bone fracture associated with panfacial trauma are even rarer. They occur more frequently in young individuals, and in men more than in women []. We report a...
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@robertwrighter @paulbloomatyale @tamler Totally true! The study the WaPo cites has a 25% chance, average age of about 62. That rate is actually a little lower than another I found (warning, graphic) directly comparing the two, so 27% seemed a conservative enough estimate for envelop Bayes math.
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Brain Hacking: Avoid Death By a 1,000 Distractions
Each day begins with idealistic intentions but becomes consumed by real world distractions. From work and hobbies to diet and exercise, our brains and natural human tendencies often sabotage our planned endeavors. Behavioral science performs judo on...
When do we punish people who don’t?
People often punish norm violations. In what cases is such punishment viewed as normative—a behavior that we “should” or even “must” engage in? We app…
The Harvard Professor Scam Gets Even Weirder
Six other men describe their encounters with the same mysterious Frenchwoman.
Trump’s Opponents Want to Name His Big Donors. His Supporters Say It’s Harassment.
Calling out campaign donors isn’t a new political tactic, but the question of how much should be publicly disclosed about them has been an issue repeatedly raised by Republicans in recent years.
Tera Melos - 40 Rods To The Hog's Head
From 'Drugs To The Dear Youth'. Fucking Tera Melos man.
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This song was deeply formative to high school me and I know there's a joke here but tbh its like two days too late and im too exhausted to try anymore
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Luna Tolentino: The Next Big Dog
America is so far gone, we have to go to Luna to find the girl next door. Specifically, I have gone to the Clinton Hill apartment that Luna, a 90-pound dog, shares with her owners, Jia Tolentino and Andrew Daley.
Things People Say to Their Dogs
Our running commentary tells us a lot about who we are — and what we think animals are.
New Caledonian Crows Behave Optimistically after Using Tools
McCoy et al. find that wild New Caledonian crows are optimistic after tool use. Optimism
is an indicator of positive mood; in other words, crows appear to enjoy using tools.
This suggests that intrinsic motivation (enjoyment) is a fundamental...
August 1, 2019
Today we have a guest recommendation from Bijan Stephen, a reporter at The Verge and music critic at The Nation. Bijan has been a friend of the Flow State staff for years and has inspired much of our writing and listening. My birthday is in a few...
“Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser”
Why are people so often overconfident? Our experiment shows that people self-deceive into higher confidence if they have the opportunity to persuade others for profit and that higher confidence aides persuasion.
100 gecs: 1000 gecs
The duo’s wild-eyed genre mishmash covers chiptune’d pop-punk, chintzy trance synths, and the closely mic’d intimacy of indie pop—sometimes all in the same song.