The Rawness
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- Portraits in Charisma
digg_url = "http://digg.com/arts_culture/Portraits_in_Charisma_Charisma_vs_Charm"; Pickup artists have the best definition for charisma that I think I’ve ever heard: Charisma is the ability to suck other people into your reality. People enter into every interaction with a frame: for example a dominant frame, a submissive frame, [...]
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:55:38 +0000 - Cool Kids
Nothing to do with human nature, but since my upcoming pop culture and fluff blog AKA the “random, dumb shit” blog is still under construction, I’m gonna have to put this here. Going to see The Cool Kids tomorrow!!! Can’t wait. I’d upload some of their music for you to listen to, but I’m lazy tonight [...]
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:32:23 +0000 - The Unconscious Genius Of Athletes
Two great pieces on the level of unconscious genius that goes into fast-paced athletics. First is one from the blog The Situationist. It uses baseball players as a specific example. The other is an older, but related piece from the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell called “The Physical Genius.” Not much commentary from me on this. Both links [...]
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:04:59 +0000 - Fox’s Moment of Truth
I predict a lot of people will be talking about Fox’s new show Moment of Truth. Yes, it looks like typical Fox tackiness. Yes, it looks controversial, exploitative and possibly in poor taste. But damn if I’m not going to watch every last minute! As a guy who’s into human nature and the [...]
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:02:52 +0000 - Bobby Fischer Is Dead - An Analysis
digg_url = "http://digg.com/world_news/What_We_Can_Learn_From_Bobby_Fischer_s_Life_and_Death_2"; Somewhat sad news. Chess champion Bobby Fischer is dead. The story of his life is one of great triumph followed by great tragedy: Fisher went on to become a bizarre, shadowy figure (hence the irony of the title of the 1993 movie about a child chess prodigy, Searching [...]
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:17:33 +0000 - Who Won’t Win American Idol
digg_url = "http://digg.com/arts_culture/Why_This_Year_s_Best_Audtions_Won_t_Win_American_Idol"; I have been recording American Idol on my DVR, but I haven’t gotten around to watching it yet. I’m really not enthused about the show anymore after an incredibly lackluster last season. I prefer the criminally underrated sister show So You Think You Can Dance, but since Idol is [...]
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:50:17 +0000 - Cute Baby Gene
I heard an interesting theory a few years back when I first got into evolutionary psychology about how the cuteness of babies is a trait that helps babies to survive to adulthood. According to the theory, at some point in human history there were both ugly babies, who instinctively repulse us, and cute babies, who instinctively [...]
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:21:53 +0000 - Why You Shouldn’t Turn Your Hobby Into A Job
Great post over at the gaping void. It’s a story about a guy who was great at his hobby, ended up making it into a career, and became a raging alcoholic that lost it all. And here. supposedly, is the moral of the story: “That’s why you should never turn your hobby into your job,” said [...]
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:04:32 +0000 - People Who Need To Die #378: Phone Squatter
digg_url = "http://digg.com/people/People_Who_Need_To_Die_378_The_Phone_Squatter"; One goal I had with this blog was not to just talk at people like a know-it-all. What I really wanted to do was to create open and honest two-way communication with total strangers. I wanted to have a real exchange of ideas with people and learn as much from commenters as they [...]
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:36:33 +0000 - In Defense of Stereotypes, Part 2: Why We Focus On The Bad
digg_url = "http://digg.com/educational/In_Defense_of_Stereotypes_Part_2_Why_We_Focus_On_The_Bad"; In Part 1, we focused on how human nature is driven by two primary drives, the drive of self-preservation and the drive to spread our genes through reproduction. In this part, we’ll focus on the role one particular aspect of our human nature, the tendency [...]
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:46:17 +0000
