Friday, August 03, 2007

Nutrition Health Goji, Comments, Observations and Skeptics

General comments observations and more. Have you ever noticed how negative the news reporting is. And it’s not just in one particular area. It could be in anything from the Iraq war to discrimination.

Speaking of discrimination I saw an article discussing the perceived difference in pay between men and women. I’m not here to totally discuss that issue. However, a study by economics professor Linda C. Babcock of Carnegie Mellon University, reported recently in the Washington Post, women may not actually ask for as much money as men. And ultimately this costs them in both starting pay and in earning higher raises.

Babcock and her colleagues observed how men and women reacted when told they would be paid according to a sliding scale. Men were eight times more likely to ask for higher compensation than they were initially offered to participate in a simple experiment.

That’s a little bit off point but I found that quite interesting. And let’s face the facts most employers aren’t likely to offer their employees if they don’t ask anymore than you would volunteer to ask to pay a store clerk more money for an item. So women, start asking for more money.

I guess the old adage is true bad news sells. Thee bad news is how it affects us as consumers. We could hear 10 unbiased stories about how great a product or restaurant is and then if one person says they thought it stunk we tend to believe the person with the negative comments.

Why is this – I think our mind has been programmed to look for negative things. Think about it, not everyone likes everything. Everyone has different tastes so when someone says they didn’t like something why don’t we just chalk it up to their personal taste especially in the light of when 10 other people say they love the product. So who’s right and who’s wrong in this case? Actually none of these 11 people are wrong provided they are being objective and don’t have a prior biased motive behind their statements.

Below are several articles that further investigate negativism and skepticism.

Article the Goji Skeptic

Analyzing Skeptics in Nutrition and Other Areas

Nutrition Skeptics - Are They Always Bad? - An Examination!

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