We also don’t know, for instance, how many of the MCs were belated responses to an in-person approach, shot down but then regretted once an overactive fight-or-flight response subsided. Google, our age’s final arbiter, pulls no punches either way. Auto-complete for “Why are Seattle men so…?” yields “unfriendly,” “bad,” and “loud.” Continue reading Maybe Seattle’s Dating Scene is as Bad as Women Think It is
On June 1, 2012, psychology researchers Joshua Tabak and Vivian Zayas got the chance to summarize their findings on “gaydar” in the august opinion pages of the New York Times, itself a “You’ve come a long way” milestone. But in so doing, the two managed to generate a good deal of criticism, while also demonstrating how reporters can get science wrong. (Needed: Meta-study on how news on polarizing topics gets pre-filtered before being understood.) Continue reading We Got a Thing That’s Called Gaydar, Love
The questioner wanted some tips on how to circumvent flawed intuitive leaps, but Kahneman’s position was that, if he himself is any model, knowing about intuition’s shortcomings doesn’t grant you any special ability to turn it on and off. (I would add that depending on how intently you approach Buddhist practice, your mileage may vary, if not in precluding the intuitive leap, then at least in reflecting before acting upon it. But this requires you to work through several meditation cushions.) Continue reading Daniel Kahneman on Intuition and the Limits of Self-Help
