Living Stingy

Act rationally in an irrational world.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Smart Phones and Skinner Boxes

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The smart phone is the ultimate Skinner box. B.F. Skinner experimented with rats in boxes and discovered some interesting things about...

A Visit to the AT&T Store

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A visit to the AT&T store was a real eye-opener! I recently got a weird message on my AT&T GoPhone.   We love the GoPhone, as it ...

Laid Off, Part II

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Getting Laid Off when you are 55 is a pretty predictable event, as I have noted before. In a post from long ago , I noted that many middl...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Why Belief is Evil

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What is the difference between knowledge, reasoning, and belief? There are three forms of intellect, as I see it.  First, there is kno...

Why Your Parents Aren't Rich

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Mom and Dad aren't as wealthy as you think they are. A friend of ours was hoping to inherit from her "wealthy" relat...
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Robert Platt Bell is a Retired Patent Attorney in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
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