And now, from the Pohl & Kornbluth category, an article about a study of a drug that makes the recipients more prone to trusting people: In the first experiment, they played a game in which an “investor” could choose to hand over to a “trustee” up to 12 units of money that are each equal to .40 Swiss franc, or… Read more →
Day: June 3, 2005
Wales: The Land Time Forgot?
I love this article about teenage slang from Wales–I assume that it’s the newspaper writers being behind popular culture, and not in fact true that teen slang in Wales is North American suburb slang from ten years ago: Talk to the hand ‘cos the face ain’t listenin’ (with palm outstretched like a stop sign) – typical response to any kind… Read more →
