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David Dunning
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Studying the psychology underlying human misbelief.

Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen, Jr., Professor of the Study of Human Understanding, University of Michigan.

(PS. Neither Justin nor I named it that. Best career move we never made.)

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David Alan Dunning is an American social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. He is a retired professor of psychology at Cornell University.

Source: Wikipedia
Psychology 41%
Neuroscience 18%

"What has happened before will happen again. What has been done before will be done again"
--Ecclesiastes
I think the 1920s should be remembered less as “everyone had money and challenged Victorian morality” and more as “reactionaries ran the country and elites partied while
half the nation entered the Depression ahead of schedule.”

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I think the 1920s should be remembered less as “everyone had money and challenged Victorian morality” and more as “reactionaries ran the country and elites partied while
half the nation entered the Depression ahead of schedule.”

Los Lobos
Bruce Springsteen
Emmylou Harris
Bruce Cockburn
Miles Davis
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *

* multiple times

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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *

* multiple times
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

Faithless
Chemical Brothers
Shapeshifter
The Killers
The Exponents
(Coldplay)

Meant, of course, in a very good way.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Detroit, Michigan.

Shoulda brought some earplugs.
Jack White brings out Eminem

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Jack White brings out Eminem

Impt advice, especially for #6.

#5: Clearly the M-20 line. If you've driven I-75, you know.
Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner? 

This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:

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Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner? 

This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:

20th Century Classic: Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie

A happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKI...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
www.youtube.com

“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits

Schade.
I derive pleasure from the suffering of people who don't know what 'schadenfreude' means.

20th Mid-Century Classic: The Stahl House, Los Angeles

Now for sale for $25M (built originally for $37.5K)
www.themls.com/properties/v...
1635 Woods Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90069 -2 Bed 3.00, (2,0,1,0) Bath
Case Study House #22 --- universally known as the Stahl House --- stands as one of the most important residential works of the 20th century: a museum-grade architectural artifact preserved with except...
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He's been through it. Knows what's what.

I'm getting my betting money out.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."

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I derive pleasure from the suffering of people who don't know what 'schadenfreude' means.

Released by Arsenal age 13; returned this year. In 2015...

I can vouch.

Go Green Go White

Honors College was a deal.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.

The behavioral sciences, including social psych, were built up post-WWII expressly to repair the world after the catastrophe brought by fascism & to prevent the next round. And here we are. How do we react? 2 pts: This is a global issue, not an American one. One can keep "politics" out of it.

Big Fun.
Blue in Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene was more Jefferson Davis than Miles Davis, but now this swinger sounds kind of blue—and not in a silent way. It's 'round about midnight for MAGA, so while Donald bitches, brew a cup of joe and witness the birth of the cool new MTG.

by Maureen Dowd

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Blue in Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene was more Jefferson Davis than Miles Davis, but now this swinger sounds kind of blue—and not in a silent way. It's 'round about midnight for MAGA, so while Donald bitches, brew a cup of joe and witness the birth of the cool new MTG.

by Maureen Dowd

An Oxy Moron: One who contradicts one's self within a single speech act, likely with lack of awareness. Or humility.
WELKER: Inflation has gone up. It's at 3% now up from 2% in April when the tariffs were imposed--

BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
WELKER: Inflation has gone up. It's at 3% now up from 2% in April when the tariffs were imposed--

BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel

Here in Ann Arbor we are well-prepared for suspected operations this coming Saturday. We will force-feed cherries to any invaders but will hide the Founders. Can explain the pizza in the interest of peace.

AA: Safe and secure since 2021.

Always helpful, never in doubt. The rest...