by david allan van nostrand | Aug 26, 2024 | The Wayback Machine, The world around us
National Toilet Paper Day is August 26th Psychology professor Nick Haslam says we acquired our squeamishness about the act of defecating when our parents toilet-trained us because we felt scrutinized, judged, corrected, and criticized when we did it wrong, leaving us...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 19, 2024 | The Wayback Machine, The world around us
Where Do Babies Come From? Kids always want to know how things work. When they ask their parents where babies come from, they typically get a fumbled explanation of seeds and flowers, a plumbing lesson, or the timeless, “The stork brought you.” Some say the notion of...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 12, 2024 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, The world around us
Most of the definitions of roller coasters say they’re elevated railways with steep inclines and descents. They carry passengers through sharp curves and sudden changes of speed and direction for brief thrill rides in wheeled cars that are linked together. Their paths...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 5, 2024 | Case Study, How to tell good research from bad, Misinformation traps, Voodoo Statistics
When I was living in Trinidad and Tobago (locally abbreviated as TT), I taught interactive seminars in Human Behavior for MBAs at the University of the West Indies Graduate Business School. We met Saturday mornings because all the students were employed full-time in...
