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Are You a Superforecaster?
How are you at predicting things? If you’re like most of us, you might be OK at predicting certain things but fail miserably at others. For example, you might do better than average at predicting the score of the football match, but you can’t judge which horse will win the race. On the other hand,…
Gravitational Anomalies
We like to think of gravity being constant. No matter where we are on the earth, we weigh the same. Except that’s not actually true. As it turns out, Gravity is not uniform. It varies geographically. The Bouguer (pronounced boo-gay) gravity anomaly is named after French scientist Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758), a prodigy who succeeded his…
Cartomancy
You might be familiar with cartomancy already. It is the practice of divining the future using cards. It’s most popular today using tarot cards, which are now associated with cartomancy. But did you know that originally tarot cards were used for games while the playing cards we know today were used for divination? Each playing…
Sans Forgetica – The Font That Helps You Remember
Do you want to be able to read something and better remember it with less effort? You might want to try a new font, Sans Forgetica. Sans Forgetica is a font designed using the principles of cognitive psychology to help you to better remember your study notes. It was created by a multidisciplinary team of…
Lying and Slowing Time
We know that time flies when you’re having fun. New psychology research now confirms that when you lie your perception of time slows down. Subjects who were instructed to lie underestimated the amount of time that passed while lying. “You may have had an experience where you got nervous and wanted to escape from the…
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