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Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse Using Brain Science and Game Theory
April 6, 2014
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution PREVENTING BAD SETTLEMENT DECISIONS AND IMPASSE USING BRAIN SCIENCE, GAME THEORY, ANIMATED COMMUNICATION, AND MICRO-INTERVENTIONS Faculty: Don Philbin and Douglas Noll The fact patterns of this course will be familiar to the experienced mediator and trial advocate in negotiation: difficult people, heightened emotions, overly confident case assessments, deeply held beliefs, barriers to rational deals. We will explore the neuropsychology behind these...
April 6, 2014
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution PREVENTING BAD SETTLEMENT DECISIONS AND IMPASSE USING BRAIN SCIENCE, GAME THEORY, ANIMATED COMMUNICATION, AND MICRO-INTERVENTIONS Faculty: Don Philbin and Douglas Noll The fact patterns of this course will be familiar to the experienced mediator and trial advocate in negotiation: difficult people, heightened emotions, overly confident case assessments, deeply held beliefs, barriers to rational deals. We will explore the neuropsychology behind these...
Non-binding Christian Mediation
April 6, 2014
The NYT reports today on “the Matthew process,” a form of Biblical dispute resolution based on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus says that disputants should attempt to resolve their dispute privately, and if that doesn’t work to bring “one or two others” into the process. The particular dispute covered in the story is the $2.2M lawsuit of Edward O. Blews Jr., the recently removed president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Blews’s contract states...
April 6, 2014
The NYT reports today on “the Matthew process,” a form of Biblical dispute resolution based on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus says that disputants should attempt to resolve their dispute privately, and if that doesn’t work to bring “one or two others” into the process. The particular dispute covered in the story is the $2.2M lawsuit of Edward O. Blews Jr., the recently removed president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Blews’s contract states...
Miami Now a Hot Spot for International Arbitration
April 6, 2014
When the news broke that the $1 billion dispute over construction overruns of the Panama Canal would be arbitrated in Miami, a reporter writing a story about this “placing Miami on the arbitration map” called me for a quote. I agreed she was on the trail of a good story, but not because the case made Miami an arbitration player. The story starts with the fact that several years ago, the ultra-sophisticated parties contracting for work on one of the world’s most important construction projects...
April 6, 2014
When the news broke that the $1 billion dispute over construction overruns of the Panama Canal would be arbitrated in Miami, a reporter writing a story about this “placing Miami on the arbitration map” called me for a quote. I agreed she was on the trail of a good story, but not because the case made Miami an arbitration player. The story starts with the fact that several years ago, the ultra-sophisticated parties contracting for work on one of the world’s most important construction projects...
Star Wars Theme Performed on a Wurlitzer Pipe Organ [Video]
April 6, 2014
Jelani Eddington plays the Main Title from the Star Wars Symphonic Suite at the 5/80 Sanfilippo Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in Barrington, Illinois.
April 6, 2014
Jelani Eddington plays the Main Title from the Star Wars Symphonic Suite at the 5/80 Sanfilippo Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in Barrington, Illinois.
TED: Larry Page: Where’s Google Going Next?
April 6, 2014
Onstage at TED2014, Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Larry Page about his far-off vision for the company. It includes aerial bikeways and internet balloons … and then it gets even more interesting, as Page talks through the company’s recent acquisition of Deep Mind, an AI that is learning some surprising things.
April 6, 2014
Onstage at TED2014, Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Larry Page about his far-off vision for the company. It includes aerial bikeways and internet balloons … and then it gets even more interesting, as Page talks through the company’s recent acquisition of Deep Mind, an AI that is learning some surprising things.
Sleep Deprivation: The 10 Most Profound Psychological Effects
April 6, 2014
American Randy Gardner holds the record for the longest ever scientifically documented intentional period without sleep. Without the aid of stimulants, he managed to stay awake for 264.4 hours, or 11 days and 24 minutes. Part of his motivation was to show that sleep deprivation wasn’t that bad for you. He was wrong: it is bad for you. In fact he suffered paranoia, hallucinations, moodiness and a whole host of psychological problems, many described below. It’s just he did not notice...
April 6, 2014
American Randy Gardner holds the record for the longest ever scientifically documented intentional period without sleep. Without the aid of stimulants, he managed to stay awake for 264.4 hours, or 11 days and 24 minutes. Part of his motivation was to show that sleep deprivation wasn’t that bad for you. He was wrong: it is bad for you. In fact he suffered paranoia, hallucinations, moodiness and a whole host of psychological problems, many described below. It’s just he did not notice...
TED: Daniel Reisel: The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
April 5, 2014
Daniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these...
April 5, 2014
Daniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these...
Why Preschoolers Can Outsmart College Students
April 5, 2014
Simple test of logic produces surprising win for 4 and 5-year-olds over college students. Preschoolers can outsmart college students because they are less biased and more flexible than adults, a new study finds. The conclusion comes from research published in the journal,Cognition, which put 170 college undergrads up against 106 four and five-year-olds in a test of learning and reasoning (Lucas et al., 2014).
April 5, 2014
Simple test of logic produces surprising win for 4 and 5-year-olds over college students. Preschoolers can outsmart college students because they are less biased and more flexible than adults, a new study finds. The conclusion comes from research published in the journal,Cognition, which put 170 college undergrads up against 106 four and five-year-olds in a test of learning and reasoning (Lucas et al., 2014).
Intelligent People Are More Inclined to Trust Others
April 5, 2014
Seven ways that trust benefits both individuals and society as a whole. Intelligent people are more likely to trust others, according to a new analysis of US public opinion poll data. This may be because more intelligent people are better judges of character. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, analysed data from the ‘General Social Survey’, which asks a nationally representative sample of Americans about their attitudes and characteristics (Carl & Billari, 2014).
April 5, 2014
Seven ways that trust benefits both individuals and society as a whole. Intelligent people are more likely to trust others, according to a new analysis of US public opinion poll data. This may be because more intelligent people are better judges of character. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, analysed data from the ‘General Social Survey’, which asks a nationally representative sample of Americans about their attitudes and characteristics (Carl & Billari, 2014).
Supercomputer Watson To Fight Cancer
April 5, 2014
IBM’s Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer Watson is to start exploring genetics in an attempt to tackle a rare brain cancer. Watson famously beat two champion Jeopardy players in a three-day challenge in 2011. While supercomputers can process information far more quickly than humans, the victory was significant as it showed Watson was able to process language and link concepts. IBM later made Watson available for several projects such as automated help systems and attempts by hospitals to figure...
April 5, 2014
IBM’s Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer Watson is to start exploring genetics in an attempt to tackle a rare brain cancer. Watson famously beat two champion Jeopardy players in a three-day challenge in 2011. While supercomputers can process information far more quickly than humans, the victory was significant as it showed Watson was able to process language and link concepts. IBM later made Watson available for several projects such as automated help systems and attempts by hospitals to figure...
