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Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies

 

"I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?" --Philip Zimbardo

Why the 'sex chip' may not be such a good idea.

 

Neuroscientists Morten Kringelbach and Tipu Aziz recently announced that they were able to stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain by implanting a chip that sends tiny shocks to the orbitofrontal cortex. This is the same area that is responsible for feelings of pleasure induced by such things as eating and sex.

Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully

 

"Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes" by Stephen King (reprinted in Sylvia K. Burack, ed. The Writer's Handbook. Boston, MA: Writer, Inc., 1988: 3-9)

The end of Battlestar Galactica

 

Sad but true: "Battlestar Galactica" ended its run with its fourth and final season. A show with some intelligence and some depth of storyline and characters and adding two new words to my speech. I love this fraking TV Series.

Harmonic Field synthetizer

 

Waves can be made to be soft and lush harmonics or turned to disturbing waves - the sound can be melodic and beautiful or tense and uneasy. The Harmonic Field is a collaboration work by Arius Blaze and Ben Houston.

Fast Integer Decimal to Binary Conversion Hand Method

 

Here is a fast integer decimal to binary hand conversion method. With this hand method you will be able to convert integer decimals to binaries more than 10 times faster gaining even more advantage when working with huge numbers.