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Month: February 2014

Turning tide on executive compensation?

A new study: How overpaid CEOs tank their firms
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/new-study-overpaid-ceos-tank-firms/

Quite interesting article, I will copy the summary of the paper here:

We find evidence that CEO pay is negatively related to future stock returns for periods up to three

…
Author TfouiPosted on February 27, 2014Categories Business, Economics, Psychology, Society

Interesting idea, I think

EU project to build lie detector for social media
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/lie-detector-social-media-sheffield-twitter-facebook-1.354715

I am not sure how practical this is, technically, as I see it as necessary to record the first occurrence of any new trend and there has to be many, …

Author TfouiPosted on February 21, 2014Categories InformationTechnology, Psychology, Society

It’s the victims fault!

Judge Tosses Muslim Spying Suit Against NYPD, Says Any Damage Was Caused by Reporters Who Exposed It
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/21/judge-tosses-muslim-spying-suit-nypd-saying-damages-caused-reporters-exposed/

Kind of amazing that someone would go on legal record spouting such nonsense, but then again, this is the sort of thing …

Author TfouiPosted on February 21, 2014Categories Government, Law, Politics, Society

More financial shenanigans

The Vampire Squid Strikes Again: The Mega Banks’ Most Devious Scam Yet
Banks are no longer just financing heavy industry. They are actually buying it up and inventing bigger, bolder and scarier scams than ever
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-vampire-squid-strikes-again-the-mega-banks-most-devious-scam-yet-20140212

I wrote earlier about …

Author TfouiPosted on February 12, 2014Categories Business, Economics, Government, Law, Politics, Society

Movie therapy for your marriage

Movie Date Night Can Double as Therapy
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/movie-date-night-can-double-as-therapy/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

An interesting idea, to use Hollywood movies as therapy. This article is focused on marriage therapy, I wonder if it could work on PTSD, depression, etc. Anyway, my wife and I rewatched …

Author TfouiPosted on February 12, 2014Categories Psychology

Sleep and placebo

The placebo effect even works for sleep
New research suggests we perform better on cognitive tests if we’re told we had a good night’s sleep
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/09/the_placebo_effect_even_works_for_sleep_partner/

Regular reader(s) will know I am interested in the placebo effect, this article is …

Author TfouiPosted on February 10, 2014Categories Healthcare, Psychology, Science, Society

Retweet

Blind eye to scientific fraud is dangerous
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/06/opinion/wong-scientific-fraud/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

I debated blogging about the above article. When I read it I was motivated, but as I started to think about what I would write that would be different than stuff I …

Author TfouiPosted on February 7, 2014Categories Education, Healthcare, Psychology, Science, Society

This is what happens when your business model says a certain amount of fraud is OK

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that Target (and several others) have recently been hacked at their point of sale (POS) terminals to the tune of 10’s of millions of credit cards. Back in the ‘old …

Author TfouiPosted on February 7, 2014Categories Business, Economics, InformationTechnology, Infosec, Law, Psychology, Society

This tickled my fancy

Mobile Marketing from xkcd:

Mobile Marketing

To me this really speaks to the phrase ‘think outside the box’. Problem: customer wants to increase visits to their website. Solution: trigger a wave of website visits by playing on the viral aspects of social …

Author TfouiPosted on February 7, 2014Categories Uncategorized

Bill Nye gives a huge boost to Creationism

The Bill Nye-Ken Ham Debate Was a Nightmare for Science
In a much-hyped showdown, “the Science Guy” tried to defend evolution against creationist Ken Ham, and proved how slick science-deniers can be. How did the guy who’s right go so …

Author TfouiPosted on February 5, 2014Categories Psychology, Science, Society2 Comments on Bill Nye gives a huge boost to Creationism

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