http://www.ryanzielonka.com/philosophy/impossibland?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impossibland Thoughts on Work in the Knowledge Economy Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ryanzielonka.com/philosophy/impossibland/comment-page-1#comment-651 julie Fri, 27 May 2011 06:11:34 +0000 http://www.ryanzielonka.com/?p=959#comment-651 No, I haven't, but what a great idea. I'll think about this some more. No, I haven’t, but what a great idea. I’ll think about this some more.

]]> http://www.ryanzielonka.com/philosophy/impossibland/comment-page-1#comment-645 jen Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:04:52 +0000 http://www.ryanzielonka.com/?p=959#comment-645 this one comes to mind as i trudge through pages and pages of final papers: higher education and level of success. if i'm successful later in life, it'll be because of (taleb's favorite phrase) the degree. if i don't graduate and i'm not successful, it'll be because i didn't finish. confirmation bias is all over standardized testing too. this one comes to mind as i trudge through pages and pages of final papers: higher education and level of success. if i’m successful later in life, it’ll be because of (taleb’s favorite phrase) the degree. if i don’t graduate and i’m not successful, it’ll be because i didn’t finish. confirmation bias is all over standardized testing too.

]]> http://www.ryanzielonka.com/philosophy/impossibland/comment-page-1#comment-624 JB53 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:54:26 +0000 http://www.ryanzielonka.com/?p=959#comment-624 I would say the single outstanding incident in my mind would be my adherence to the six-meal-per-day, "stoke the metabolic fire", dietary credo echoed by most fitness experts. I think this is perhaps one of the most common examples of confirmations bias amongst bodybuilders as a whole; however, as AA states, fitness professionals and enthusiasts as a class are prone to this mistake. I would say the single outstanding incident in my mind would be my adherence to the six-meal-per-day, “stoke the metabolic fire”, dietary credo echoed by most fitness experts. I think this is perhaps one of the most common examples of confirmations bias amongst bodybuilders as a whole; however, as AA states, fitness professionals and enthusiasts as a class are prone to this mistake.

]]> http://www.ryanzielonka.com/philosophy/impossibland/comment-page-1#comment-623 Alan Aragon Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:11:54 +0000 http://www.ryanzielonka.com/?p=959#comment-623 Wow, great post Ryan. I've found confirmation bias to be particularly common in the nutritional supplement market. Actually, it pervades the entire fitness industry to a hilarious degree. Wow, great post Ryan. I’ve found confirmation bias to be particularly common in the nutritional supplement market. Actually, it pervades the entire fitness industry to a hilarious degree.

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