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Quirkology – Richard Wiseman
(Macmillan 2008) Wiseman’s book is very similar to Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, in that he tries to explain the quirks of modern life through experimental psychology, in his case, rather than statistics as in Levitt and Dubner’s books. … Continue reading →
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Tagged altruism, behaviour, decisions, experimental psychology, haunting, jokes, lying, Richard Wiseman, smiling, superstition
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