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Someone (maybe on metafilter? I've lost the source) pointed me at this article: Let's Make A Deal. It explains: Imagine you’re browsing at Bloomingdale’s when a security guard taps you on the shoulder and accuses you of shoplifting. He takes you to a private room, sits you down, and runs your name through a database to see if you have any ( Read more... )

Via marginalrevtion: Sex, Lies, Economists: A survey of about 400 economists, conducted among members of the European Economic Association on an anonymous basis, is analyzed in the article "Scientific Misbehavior in Economics,” currently in press for the journal Research PolicyNinety-four percent of respondents reported having engaged in at least one “unaccepted ( Read more... )

I had thought I'd written this one up before, but when I went to reference it, I couldn't find it, just a mention in another post that the topic was worth a post of its own. So here we go ( Read more... )

Consider the following scenario. You are somewhere -- maybe home, if that fits the rest of the scenario for you -- and your beloved significant other (SO) isn't there. A friend of yours, who is known to your SO but not particularly in contact with your SO, drops by with her pet dog. Because you know the dog is very well behaved and mellow, you ( Read more... )

Huh. This was very interesting. Via makinglight, an interview with Martha C. Nussbaum, who argues against the "wisdom of disgust" position of cultcons, from interesting psychological grounds. But not only that, she really comes across in the interview as a very lovely person, smart, generous, engaged, and warm.

Responsibility the obligation to respond. "To take responsibility" means to take the obligation upon oneself to respond -- to be the one that responds.

(Responsibility is not fault. But that's a separate post ( Read more... )