Posts Tagged psychology
Making Better Money Decisions
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on July 6th, 2006
In one example, he suggests you are going downtown to the theatre with a $20 ticket, and a $20 bill in your wallet. When you arrive, you realize you have lost the ticket; most people will not spend the remaining $20 on another ticket. If you had gone downtown with two $20 bills however, and at the theatre realized that you had lost one of the $20’s, you would use the remaining one to purchase your ticket. In the first case, you see the ticket as now costing $40 (way too much!), but in the second case, you see the lost $20 as not being related to the cost of the ticket. In reality, both scenarios are exactly the same.
Maybe a Fig Leaf Would Help
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on November 21st, 2005
The female research lead, referring to Michelangelo’s David, claims that “Men of 35 to 40 years of age … are attracted by the extraordinary masculine beauty and at the same time, are also agitated.” Perhaps this is some kind of homo-erotic insinuation; if anything, one look at David’s penis should make anybody feel more confident about their luggage: that thing’s tiny.
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