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Psychology

The Unfortunate Necessity of Fear Mongering
Posted 12/Oct/2020

A prominent scientist has issued a warning for governments to evacuate the west coasts of North and South America because of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/04/david-suzuki-fukushima-warning_n_4213061.html

Obviously governments are ...

Rationality & Poverty
Posted 05/Sep/2020

For most of my life, my income has always met my needs. While I always could have used a little more money, I have never suffered for lack of money. Except once!

 

BP Macondo and Cognitive Dissonance
Posted 19/Jun/2020

As someone with a fair bit of oilfield experience, I was quite frustrated with the media's reporting of 2010 Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The journalists just had no clue nor seemed interested in interviewing people who knew what really went wrong. But as time passed, the experts w...