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September 29, 2006
What are the odds?
Tonight I went to a talk on how we operate under certain illusions - specifically about our belief in a just world, but afterwards someone asked a question about how an illusion of confidence might influence how we act. "Sure," the speaker said, "I mean, if grad students knew the actual chances of getting a job in academia, how tiny their chances are, do you think they would even try?" And everyone in the room under thirty eyed eachother, nervously.
Posted by tony at September 29, 2006 11:11 PM
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"Look at the person on the left. Look at the person on the right. ..."
Posted by: todd. at September 30, 2006 2:13 AM
Heh. Was that MIT?
Posted by: tony at September 30, 2006 6:44 PM