Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, and so are we

Review of Dan Ariely (2008) Predictably Irrational: The hidden forces that shape our decisions Harper Collins. ISBN: 978-0-00-725-652-5
This is a gem of a book: short, engagingly-written and connected both to the science and the policy implications. Ariely is a seasoned bias researcher (he sees himself as a behavioural economist rather than a psychologist) and this [...]

Psychokinesis and the Illusion of Control

The Psychokinesis article on Wikipedia is awful, just awful. Here, for the record, is some material I’ve recently added to try to bring scientific literature to bear on the topic:
A meta-analysis of 380 studies in 2006 found only a “very small” effect which could be explained by publication bias.(Bösch et al.) PK experiments have historically [...]