How To Fight The Fighting Against The Facts

"...when people are faced with scientific research that clashes with their personal view, they invoke a range of strategies to discount the findings."

Guess that explains the left-right debate on global warming, the insistence on neurology as the excuse for sexism and racism, and the intelligent design movement. Sigh.

This is an interesting article on how to get the facts through to the people who need to hear them.

Source: http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2010/10/five-minutes-with-discoverer-of.html

Myth Busters Busts the 10% Myth (and Maybe Starts a New One)

This makes me sigh. Heavily. The folks from Mythbusters set out to bust the myth that we only use 10% of our brains and may have accidentally started a new myth in the process.

Source: http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2010/10/mythbusters-and-ultimate-neuromyth.html

Once the Good Guy Finishes First, He's Not So Good: Research on Power

"Power is given to those individuals, groups, or nations who advance the interests of the greater good in socially-intelligent fashion. Yet unfortunately, having power renders many individuals as impulsive and poorly attuned to others as your garden-variety frontal lobe patient, making them prone to act abusively and lose the esteem of their peers. What people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power."

This article lays out the research on power (and blows apart Robert Greene's "48 Laws of Power" in the process).

Source: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/power_paradox/

Alphabetical Storage

This is both wonderful and a horrible use of space.

http://www.likecool.com/Alphabetized_Storage_System--Store--Home.html

Finally, a Healthy Use For Sports Drinks

They're display objects, not beverages. Who knew?

Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-you-make-yourself-more-persistent-just-by

Name That Logo

This is a really interesting piece of design work. Well-known logos are represented by colored circles. How many do you still recognize?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahamsblog/sets/72157625155090078/

Words With No Translation

I love these!

http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-awesomely-untranslatable-words-from-around-the-world/