by david allan van nostrand | Sep 11, 2023 | critical thinking, Human Behavior, Using Information
Concepts are general ideas about things. They are mental representations we use to understand the world around us. Concepts represent groups of related ideas that are organized around a main theme. One example is how the concept of gravity includes physics, theory,...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 28, 2023 | Assumptions, critical thinking, Using Information
The bandwagon fallacy assumes that something must be true because others think it is. A great example is found in thousands of HR departments that value the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator because so many others use it. Just like a perpetual motion machine, its popularity...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 24, 2023 | Case Study, Strategy, Using Information
How to Make Online Purchases You Won’t Regret How do product review sites make money? Links. When you click on a link to a product in a review, you will be taken directly to a product page on a retailer’s website. No one is surprised to learn that the retailer...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 10, 2023 | InterWeb, Items in the News, Misinformation traps, Using Information
An article by Gabriel Daros in Rest of World discusses a recent trend in product reviews in Brazil. For as little as $4 each, freelancers create scripted product review videos. The videos are in Portuguese, one minute long, and appear to be real customers reviewing...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 3, 2023 | Case Study, Human Behavior, The world around us, Using Information
In 2016, I converted the more than 1,000 slides I had built for my classroom lectures at the University of the West Indies into articles that I posted on a new site, LetsTakeACloserLook.com. The subject of most of those early articles was an amalgam of what I call the...
by david allan van nostrand | Jan 16, 2023 | Statistics, The world around us, Using Information
Doe, a deer, a female deer; Ray, a drop of golden sun; Me, a name I call myself; Far, a long, long way to run; Sew, a needle pulling thread; La, a note to follow so; Tea, I drink with jam and bread; that will bring us back to do, oh oh oh. Guido d’Arezzo was a...
