Posts by smpaley@universeodon.com
(DIR) Post #ARklCt9gXQ2fR6wlWK by smpaley@universeodon.com
2023-01-18T00:11:57Z
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@kims @clive In my HS, it was a special senior privilege. We didn't always have one -- when I was a freshman, the candidates for student council campaigned on establishing a senior smoking lounge, and when they won they negotiated with the administration for it and got it. No parental note required.
(DIR) Post #ARuTeVbjpEJiv2gjs8 by smpaley@universeodon.com
2023-01-22T18:45:18Z
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@stux My daughter just started working at Walgreens, and mentioned that there had already been a few times when a customer clearly made a miscalculation and was a heartbreaking few dollars short on something they clearly needed. I asked her if I could donate some money for her to just have on hand to help out in situations like that. She said she suspected it would be against the rules, but she would ask.
(DIR) Post #AScP3uNI3d8BIVCs8e by smpaley@universeodon.com
2023-02-12T23:20:11Z
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@clive @pluralistic Why couldn't they just test whatever they wanted to test on their own in-house phones?
(DIR) Post #ASn0NH4HY1CN4C0q92 by smpaley@universeodon.com
2023-02-18T02:06:38Z
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@Jdreben @futurebird @floatybirb I find the split-brain studies particularly fascinating in this respect. These are in people who have had their corpus callosum severed so the two halves of their brains don't communicate, which mostly isn't a problem because they're both getting the same sensory input anyway. But scientists can trick such individuals into responding to some input that is only available to the right hemisphere. The left hemisphere sees just the behavior while being unaware of the original trigger, and then comes up with some completely rational-sounding (but in this case false) explanation for why they performed that action. And that *becomes* their justification to themselves, even though scientists know the real explanation.