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What would be really is interesting is the same study but with the first group being told they're hard-working and the second group not being given any praise at all. That would he…

Just praise her for her non-physical qualities, so that that when the twisted high-school value system kicks in, she'll at least be aware of an alternative value system.

I'm not so sure. I've found a certain level of anxiety can make me perform better at things. Complacency can be dangerous too in my experience.

You conflate two separate things there – 'noticing' and 'deciding it was a nice opportunity'. The article claimed that noticing opportunities was a characteristic of lucky people. …

The article was saying that luck was down to mindset, not psychic ability! Richard Wiseman's claims are in no way affected by the experiment you just mentioned, because games of pu…

I would argue that Stephen King's 'It' should also have the status of a great novel. One French critic wrote of 'It': «Ça» fonctionne parce que «Ça» fait peur. Pendant plus de mill…

I don't think they are necessarily problems. Re: first problem: I think a large number of fairly good comments probably IS a more valuable contribution than a small number of very …

Aha, I didn't realise. So HN is already an example of a karma system that doesn't reward hyperactivity.

I'm glad to see the Economist raise this subject. I've known so many people who hate their jobs, it really does seem like it should be higher up on the political agenda than it is.…

It perplexes me too, especially after Tony Blair committed political suicide by joining in with the invasion of Iraq. Churchill established it as a lynchpin of British foreign poli…

I mostly agree with you, but it's not hard to create a karma system that isn't just a reward for hyperactivity. For example, Hacker News could change its system so that nobody got …

I starting reading that with the usual sense of horror I get when reading about these kind of degenerative conditions and ended with a real sense of admiration and awe at the guy's…

One of the most striking parts of this article came right at the end: the mention of all these successful, well-adjusted people's amazing capacity to lie to themselves: "In 1946, f…

Well this is an article about life stories so tough luck. The study had some conclusions which could be drawn out without understanding the life stories, but they're nothing you ha…

In the end we come down to an unfruitful debate on the distinction between 'idea' and 'execution'. If you've got every last detail for a website planned out in your head but nothin…

"There is almost no mention of inflation in The General Theory" Combined with the apparent lack of explanation for bubbles, doesn't that meant there is a gigantic gaping hole in th…

An idea can be completely unoriginal and still be a good idea – an idea is still good even after it's been copied. So the article's contention that there can be no success without …

Working harder IS a good business strategy, but only if you've correctly worked out what's worth working on. Once you've identified what tasks produce the highest value, it makes s…

I really don't think article is meant to be taken very seriously. I mean dividing society into three powers, the footballers, the artists and the nerds... is not a sociological the…