*applauds Subby*

+1 free interwebs and such.

FTFA:

Given that we often use information to make decisions both large and small, how good are we at assessing evidence?

Terrible. Absolutely horrible. Homo sapiens meager capacity to reason and its seemingly inverse correlation to fecundity are ironically the strongest evidences against evolution.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: That's totally inappropriate. It's lewd, vesivius, salacious, outrageous!

There is a mountain jammed in your sentence.

/Were you looking for "lascivious"?
//why yes, i did know there are two "u"s in it.

Look at the monkey...

A Wild Snorlax:
//why yes, i did know there are two "u"s in it.

How does one glove an article?

you are in a library, and you've become lost. Are you in the Science Fiction or the Fantasy section? Of course, you could wander the shelves until you find a helpful sign, but it's faster to simply look at the books on the shelf next to you.

donn chuu know da dooey decimal system?!?! *cleave*

I'm a fan of basing decisions on a lack of evidence.

jm105: How does one glove an article?

well, you have to see if it fits.

mgshamster: s2s2s2: I'm a fan of basing decisions on a lack of evidence.

You're in a popular crowd.

Crowd huh? Suddenly I'm unsure.

Great article Subby. Thanks.

Article reminds me of the Blagojevich trial and re-trial. Blago mostly skated on the first trial which had a hung jury on most counts. In that first trial, the feds presented their case chronologically in excruciating detail, thus they didn't arrive to the Senate Seat part until weeks into the testimony. The more idiotic of the jurors glazed over early and didn't get it.

On the re-trial, the feds slimmed down their case dramatically and presented in a more non-linear manner, starting out from the senate seat and looping thru testimony that reinforced a particular interpretation of the senate seat case. The results will be the sentencing on Dec. 6th where I predict Blago will now get double-digit time in the slam, and Springfield Illinois bars will look like Paris on Bastille Day.

Article is dumb.

Handing all three books at once represents ONE instance of evidence being handed to you.

Handing each book at a time represents THREE instances of evidence being handed to you.

Of course your brain would be more assured if you're shown evidence three times.

It's also why Apple holds features on their products. If they present everything at once, people wouldn't appreciate them as much.

more time spent deliberating over a decision will mean a more deeply ingrained choice. simple accretion of time there, isn't it? advertising "convinces" by simple repetition of (concluded) choice over time. memory bins aren't exactly neuro-science or anything

First sentence FTFA: Rationality is the crowning achievement of our species.

I wish.

TofuTheAlmighty: FTFA: Given that we often use information to make decisions both large and small, how good are we at assessing evidence?Terrible. Absolutely horrible. Homo sapiens meager capacity to reason and its seemingly inverse correlation to fecundity are ironically the strongest evidences against evolution.

I believe there is a motion picture called 'Idiocracy' where your hypothesis concerning fecundity is fully elaborated and explored. And your shiat sounds retarded.

rocky_howard: Article is dumb.

Handing all three books at once represents ONE instance of evidence being handed to you.

Handing each book at a time represents THREE instances of evidence being handed to you.

Of course your brain would be more assured if you're shown evidence three times.

It's also why Apple holds features on their products. If they present everything at once, people wouldn't appreciate them as much.

Agreed. Using the specific test described in the article, a group of fish of the same color added all at once is less convincing because it's reasonable to assume they all come from the same school. Fish added one-at-a-time are more likely to be independent events. Sounds like yet another poorly designed psych study.

Hopheavy: TofuTheAlmighty: FTFA: Given that we often use information to make decisions both large and small, how good are we at assessing evidence?Terrible. Absolutely horrible. Homo sapiens meager capacity to reason and its seemingly inverse correlation to fecundity are ironically the strongest evidences against evolution.

I believe there is a motion picture called 'Idiocracy' where your hypothesis concerning fecundity is fully elaborated and explored. And your shiat sounds retarded.

http://xkcd.com/603/

A Wild Snorlax: Eddie Adams from Torrance: That's totally inappropriate. It's lewd, vesivius, salacious, outrageous!

There is a mountain jammed in your sentence.

A massive, mighty mountain that spews hot stuff all over its surroundings... I'm not entirely sure it's inappropriate.