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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.super voice torrent

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Posted by: todd. at September 30, 2006 2:13 AMsuper voice torrent

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