Archive for the tag "psychology"
‘Power Balance’ or ‘Placebo’?
So here’s a heads-up for the new year about how gullible people can be and how ignorant and stupid celebrities can be (or maybe they’re just greedy).
Posted: 3 January, 2011 in Australian Values, Culture, Life, Science, Technology, values, Video.
Tags: body mind spirit, celebrities, celebrity, confidence trick, Demi Moore, fake science, kinesiology, magic, Naomi Campbell, placebo, placebo effect, power balance, pseudo-science, psychology, Science, scientific values, Sense About Science, skepchick, suggestibility, woo woo
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Seth Godin on Tribes and Standing Out
In these two TED Talks Seth Godin smashes a few cherished marketing models and brings marketing home to the more authentic place where human beings really live.
Posted: 2 October, 2010 in Culture, Economics, Life, Media, Video.
Tags: Economics, marketing. tribes, psychology, purple cow, sales, Seth Godin, standing out, tribalism leadership
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Happy ChriFSMas
Happy Christmas, or Xmas, or Saturnalia, or Mithraismas, or Festival of Sol Invictus, or whatever dodgy god-bothering suits your fancy…
Posted: 24 December, 2009 in Australian Values, Blogging, comedy/humour, Economics, Education, environment, History, Internet, Life, Media, Medicine, mystery, politics and government, Religion, Science, Sport, values, Video.
Tags: Australian religious values, Australian Values, boxing day, boxing day test, christmas, cricket, cultural values, Dan Gilbert, happiness, happy chrifsmas, Hermann Bondi, Life, life values, Martin Seligman, Mithraismas, noodle, pastafarian, pirate, pleasure, positive psychology, psychology, Religion, religious values, Saturnalia, Science, Sol Invictus, Spaghetti Monster, TED, TED talks, values
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