Friday, November 29, 2019

Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Cryptographic (expected to be solvable with purely mathematical techniques), consensus theory (improvements to proof of work and proof of stake), and economic

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Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later. Vitalik Buterin. No 22 2019. https://vitalik.ca/general/2019/11/22/progress.html [Check...

Neuroticism (negative), extraversion, agreeableness, and to a lesser extent conscientiousness predicted wellbeing; the hypothesis that self-enhancement is beneficial for wellbeing is doubtful

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An integrated model of social psychological and personality psychological perspectives on personality and wellbeing. Ulrich Schimmack, Hyunj...

Pseudo-profound bullshit titles makes the art grow profounder

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Bullshit makes the art grow profounder. Martin Harry Turpin et al. Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 14, No. 6, November 2019, pp. 658-670....

Non-believers: Reflection increases belief in God through self-questioning

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Reflection increases belief in God through self-questioning among non-believers. Onurcan Yilmaz, Ozan Isler. Judgment and Decision Making, V...

Wronging past rights: The sunk cost bias distorts moral judgment

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Wronging past rights: The sunk cost bias distorts moral judgment. Ethan A. Meyers et al. Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 14, No. 6, Novem...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Switzerland: Those exposed to civil conflict/mass killing during childhood are 35 pct more prone to violent crime; effect is mostly confined to co-nationals, consistent with inter-group hostility persisting over time

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Couttenier, Mathieu, Veronica Petrencu, Dominic Rohner, and Mathias Thoenig. 2019. "The Violent Legacy of Conflict: Evidence on Asylum ...

Could they be lying?: Vegetarian women reported that they are more prosocially motivated to follow their diet & adhere to their diet more strictly (i.e., are less likely to cheat & eat meat)

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Gender Differences in Vegetarian Identity: How Men and Women Construe Meatless Dieting. Daniel L.Rosenfeld. Food Quality and Preference, Nov...

Great interest exists in identifying methods to predict neuropsychiatric disease states and treatment outcomes from high-dimensional data, including neuroimaging and genomics data; best practices are discussed

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Establishment of Best Practices for Evidence for Prediction: A Review. Russell A. Poldrack, Grace Huckins, Gael Varoquaux. JAMA Psychiatry, ...