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Psychology
Price of Prejudice
America is much more “politically correct” and merit-based than it used to be. Or is it?
Not surprisingly, [subjects] reported that weight was the least important factor in their choice. However, their actual decisions revealed that no other attribute counted more heavily. In fact, they were willing to sacrifice quite a bit to have a thin [...] -
Design, Psychology
The Uncanny Valley
Coding Horror has a great piece on human expectations, ‘the Uncanny Valley’, and how it all relates (in a big way) to UX design. Inspired by a Slate piece on Why Realistic Characters Look So Creepy. I think there’s a lot of takeaway value in this, especially for web apps.
Coding Horror: Avoiding the Uncanny Valley [...]
John Bullard
Loose Thinking, Tight Analysis
