Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior?
AdultsHumanPsychologyScience...Solve this classic game theory challenge: given integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to ⅔ of the average of all numbers guessed be?
Is The Joker Legally Insane?
AdultsFilmMental HealthPsychology...If any supervillain is criminally insane, it has to be The Joker right? But would any real lawyer want him to plead insanity? Kyle puts the Clown Prince of Crime on Trial.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
AdultsCultureHumanPsychology...The Dunning-Kruger Effect was first described in a 1999 paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger.
Why We Pick Difficult Partners
AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsSocietyIn theory, we're nowadays allowed to get together with pretty much anyone we like. And yet, at a psychological level, we aren't free to love just any suitable person. We have a type - and strangely and awkwardly, these types are often not those who stand a chance of making us maximally happy.