by david allan van nostrand | Apr 11, 2022 | Human Behavior, Misinformation traps, Psychology
Devotees of rump reading purport to find deeper meaning in the lines, crevices, dimples, warts, and moles of people’s buttocks. Rump reading was big in ancient Babylon, where seekers of rectal wisdom (one wonders who they were) covered their hindquarters with liquid...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 7, 2021 | Assumptions, Gatekeepers, Misinformation traps
Research should be providing the fact base that points companies in the direction of likely success. Instead, it stands at the corner of walk and don’t walk, selling maps to the stars’ homes. Business research today churns out mountains of misinformation that send...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 12, 2021 | How to tell good research from bad, Misinformation traps, Surveys, Using Information
Agatha Christie was a British novelist who wrote the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot whodunits in the 1930s and 1940s. This was the golden era of British murder mysteries, with Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson the most memorable of all. Fascinated...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 5, 2021 | Misinformation traps, Point of view, Using Information
Five men who had been born blind listened to the stories told by travelers who came their way. After hearing about strange creatures called elephants, they argued amongst themselves. Looking to resolve their differences, the men went to the palace to learn the truth...
by david allan van nostrand | Jun 21, 2021 | Items in the News, Misinformation traps
Everyone knows that apples and oranges are more alike than different. After all, they’re both fruits that grow on trees and tend to be round and of a size that fits nicely in the hand. So why do we use the term “that’s like comparing apples and oranges” to illustrate...
by david allan van nostrand | May 31, 2021 | Items in the News, Misinformation traps
Elegant and fashionable people from high social classes are called posh, which was Victoria Beckham’s choice (Posh Spice). It is also the name of a pedigreed cow recently sold at auction for a record-setting £262,000. The owner said the name was no reference to a...
