Sunday, November 13, 2011

Aphasic

Its no surprise really that Ireland is an aphasic isle, money mad gombeens. 



The Price of Fear

[The Price of Fear]
A new study shows people with brain damage that impaired their ability to experience emotions such as fear outperformed other people in an investment game.
  • The brain-damaged participants were more willing to take risks that yielded high payoffs.
  • They were less likely to react emotionally to losses.
  • They finished the game with 13% more money than other players.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Coming to America

When checking in,the fella at the customs made a typo on my passport. It seems that I am somewhat conservative or rather nerdy, something like that you don't make a typo on I thought, I can imagine that sitting in that booth, all day, seeing foggy eyed folks come and go, one might easy fall into a lazy pattern and not see dropping a stitch such as my typo as an issue. I'm sure he was considering his time and watch.