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Free will seems a matter of mind, not soul

By Guest PostJune 20, 2014Scienceartificial intelligence, criteria, florida state university, forrester analyze, global watson, harriet green, harvard university, human body, john templeton foundation, market leadership, michael zalich, mona abutaleb, monroe, neuroscience, paul berdahl, roof coatings, ruby red roofs, sharon chen, thomas kirchstetter

A new study tested whether people believe free will arises from a metaphysical basis or mental capacity. Even though most respondents said they believed humans to have souls, they judged free will and assigned blame for transgressions based on pragmatic considerations — such as whether the actor in question had the capacity to make an intentional and independent choice.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Across the board, even if they believed in the concept of a soul, people in a new study ascribed free will based on down-to-Earth criteria: Did the actor in question have the capacity to make an intentional and independent choice? The study suggests that while grand metaphysical views of the universe remain common, they have little to do with how people assess each other’s behavior. (more…)

U.S. Workers Are ‘Giving Away The Store,’ Costing Firms Billions

By Guest PostFebruary 11, 2012Economycable tv, clay voorhees, ethics, florida state university, free good, groundbreaking study, hamburger, illegal practice, insurance, michael brady, michael brusco, michigan state university, ramifications of sweethearting, recreation, retail, service employees, sports, sweethearting, tit for tat

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nearly 70 percent of the nation’s service employees give away free goods and services – from hamburgers to cable TV – costing companies billions of dollars a year, according to a groundbreaking study.

Clay Voorhees, study co-author and marketing expert at Michigan State University, said one of the best ways to combat this illegal practice – called “sweethearting” – is through better screening of job candidates. (more…)

Boy ohh Boy, and your ‘Warrior gene’

By ShamsJune 22, 20092 commentsSciencebiosocial, criminologist, florida state university, florida state’s college of criminology and criminal jus, gangs, gangsters, gene, Kevin m. beaver, maoa, monoamine oxidase a, variants, warrior gene, x-chromosome, y-chromosome

You read it good. The English word ‘Warrior’ is someway, all the way, related to some kind of ‘fighting’. And those who are now attributed to this ‘Warrior’ group are boys.

But who are these boys. 😉

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Free will seems a matter of mind, not soul

U.S. Workers Are ‘Giving Away The Store,’ Costing Firms Billions

Boy ohh Boy, and your ‘Warrior gene’