Understanding Understanding

In today’s Times, David Brooks writes about young neuroscientists finding sources of cultural differences and prejudices. Here are two of the cool findings he reports.

Jonathan Mann music video about the torture memos in language taken directly from them. http://tinyurl.com/caemjm

Study finds pirates 10x more likely to buy music

Just for fun: Stats-based conclusions of what dumb students read and listen to vs. what smart students read and listen to.

“We have always suspected a link between music taste and personality. This is the first time that we’ve been able to look at it in real detail.”