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Study shows rich people are dicks. Causation or just correlation?

Does being wealthy make you unethical? New research suggests it does

In this week's PNAS, researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Toronto tackle a topic that is bound to spark controversy. I'll let the title speak for itself: "Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior." The paper describes the results of seven studies—two field studies and five experimental tests—that sought to explore how socioeconomic status (SES) correlates with behavior that most of us would consider ethical.

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Another instance of correlation being confused with causation. Sleep deprived, depressed and otherwise unhealthy people take more sleeping pills. They are already at higher risk.

Prescription Sleeping Pills Increase Risk of Death [Medicine]

Despite being freely prescribed across the US, a new study shows that sleeping tablets increase the risk of death for those taking them—and are associated with up to 500,000 extra fatalities a year in the US alone. And nobody knows why. More »

Rejected Star Wars toy ideas – Boing Boing

Like the last blog, this group is just a whole bunch of random ideas thrown up against the wall to see what sticks. This project was both fun and frustrating. We had a very limited time to make…whatev…