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March 16, 2013

How much is decided for you?

Cartoon Free will

Derren Brown did a video on subliminal advertising in 2006. In the video he asks two members of MBA, a British advertising company, to design a poster for a store in 30 minutes. The poster has to contain the company name, a slogan and some kind of logo. No information is given besides the fact that it has to be for a chain of taxidermy stores. Before Brown leaves the room to let the two agents work, he gives them an envelope which they cannot open. When the 30 minutes have passed Brown is shown the concept of a poster which is almost identical to the one that was in the unopened envelope.

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April 26, 2013

Quantum physics and computer and the future implications they might have

 

The following written account is my personal ideas on the future of science dealing with the human psyche, it is important to keep in mind that such futurology is only speculation based on the little amount of knowledge I obtained in my lifetime.

March 16, 2013

Empirical Social Science

Diederik Stapel, an infamous villain that tried to destroy that which we see as social psychology. Although this is a bold statement, Diederik Stapel, to many scientists, is the personification of the flaws in science. Especially social sciences are sometimes criticized for relying too much on theory and too little on data. Although psychology has been at the forefront of empirical science reliance among social sciences, incidents such as Diederik Stapel still mark these scientific concerns. I fundamentally agree with a statement made by the neuropsychologist Dr. H.S. Scholte, 'geen woorden, maar data', or 'no words, but data' (AUC lecture, Feb 12).