Category: science
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The Psychology of Your Rogers Bill
Here’s a little lesson in what us psychology types call framing. Suppose a company offers you the following deal on your utilities: If you have cell phone service with our company, and you sign up for cable TV with us, you have the option to receive a 10% discount off the regular price on both…
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The Mathematics of Wrong Numbers
What is with getting calls for the wrong number? I’ve dialed a wrong number once, maybe twice in my whole life. Most people would probably claim similarly low misdial rates. I’ve received maybe 50 wrong number calls, minimum. How does this add up? It must mean there is a small number of people making a…
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Montreal
I’ve been spending a lot of time in Montreal lately. This past week I was there for the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association. Here are the highlights of the trip, none of which involved the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association.1 The titular Mount Royal. Hahahaha titular. Habitat 67 sounds like a…