Neuro News Nanos

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Here are this morning’s:

* No, I do not want to change my password [PDF] — the rational rejection of security advice by computer users — a lot of costs, not many benefits

* Did Reagan’s rhetoric matter? — probably not — presidents are far less powerful as communicators than many seem to believe

* Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience — “There are two things I would hope for in a book about wisdom. First, some intellectual enlightenment as to what wisdom really is. Second, some practical ideas on how to be wiser in my own life. This book was a letdown in both respects.” — “Yet reading it proved to be far from a waste of time.”

* Randomness and God — “How do we deal with the helter-skelter of reality? One approach would be to ground all of our beliefs in modesty and uncertainty, to recognize that we know so little and understand even less.” — “Needless to say, that’s not what we do.”

* Building a better red light — green lights that count down to red lights increase accidents at intersections — while the red lights that count down to green lights cut them in half

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