Saturday, November 25, 2006

Behavioral Science: 'Go Ahead, I Dare You...'

The Original American Bad Boy, James Dean


Wray Herbert writes in Newsweek:

Surprisingly, behavioral scientists have actually done these interviews with hundreds of American adolescents. In order to explore really stupid behavior, they have asked what seem to be really stupid questions: Is it a good thing to set your hair on fire? Drink Drano? Go swimming where sharks swim?

The results are fascinating, and unsettling.

More here.

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