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Common Sense, Uncommon Wisdom

Common Sense, Uncommon Wisdom

http://matthew-hetland.blogspot.com

Conventional wisdom is often nothing more than convenient. This blog uncovers the uncommon wisdom that is hidden in our world--either in what lies beneath or in plain sight

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  • Apologies

    Posted on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 at 17:59 in stocks, stock market, Paper

    I offer my sincerest apologies for not posting as regularly lately as I have been able to previously. However, for your wait, I am releasing a paper which I have been writing for recent college courses geared towards a degree in finance.The paper de...

  • Please Take My Survey

    Posted on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at 14:17 in degree, survey

    As part of a required paper I must write for my forthcoming degree in Finance, I am needing to have a survey completed.Please take a few moments to fill out my survey.Please take my online survey here!Vist my blog at www.matthewhetland.com/blog or ju...

  • Nature or Nurture?

    Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 in personality, genetics, news article, nurture

    The age-old question: What affects a person’s behavior more: Nature—a person’s genes and other physically intrinsic characteristics; or Nurture—the environment with which a person interacts? While the general population loves to put a ...

  • The Lipstick Economy

    Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 22:42 in lipstick, new york times

    Interesting story determining the measure of how well or how poorly the economy is doing, courtesy the reporters from the New York Times.Not only is the lipstick theory plausible, “it’s perfectly consistent with all kinds of economic theory,” s...

  • Emotions, On the Face of It

    Posted on Sunday April 27th, 2008 at 00:17 in Emotions, face, news article

    When I was in high school my biology teacher said, very early on in the class, that the human face can give away what a person is feeling--no matter how well we can control our body language, our face can show our emotional state at any one time.Well...

  • Maximizing Utility and the Brain: Cash or Status?

    Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 23:05 in brain, status, news article

    Scientific American has an article regarding a study of the brain that indicates the brain places a high value on money, but a higher value on social status. From the article:"Our study shows that both behaviorally and in the brain, people place an ...

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lizzie2uk

5 stars jan

Food for thought here.

Posted: September 25th, 2008 | More Reviews From lizzie2uk | Report This Comment

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