Our theories are crutches; to show that they are valid, they must be used to walk. ― Jean-Baptiste Dumas Today, I’m going to reveal a slightly secret, slightly insulting fact: we “in the biz” call you lay people. I know, it’s not the most flattering term. But we academics have to justify all the years we’ve…
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. — George Bernard Shaw Since the prior week, something miraculous has happened: there’s food in my refrigerator. As a graduate student, my shopping cart often consists of ramen, peanut butter, and a six-pack of PBR. But as of last Saturday, I have vegetables and hamburgers, sandwich…
Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time. — Henry Ford One benefit of coming to this site is learning how others might try to use psychology against you. Although I’ve previously talked about marketing in a positive light, that doesn’t mean their understanding of consumer psychology is always used…
Was that semi-colon some kind of flirty wink or just bad punctuation? — Azadeh Aalai Want to know if you’re “hip?” See if you can answer the following question: Do you know the difference between an emoticon and an emoji? Or better question, did you even know those were words? If you’re like my sister,…
Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. — Marc Riboud I posted a photo on Instagram for the first time in a long while, and the next day, multiple people informed me I did it wrong. (see photo to the right) Apparently, people thought that sharing my photo as I did implied…
Luck is believing you’re lucky. — Tennessee Williams Do you ever have that moment where you say something only to immediately think: “I should not have said that thing.” Yeah… So, some backstory. This Labor Day weekend was pretty awesome. One of my research papers received favorable reviews; I went to a housewarming party where I…