Tag: research
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Fitness Trends Move Faster Than Science
By the time research catches up to a fitness trend, the trend has usually moved on. The gap is structural, and learning to read it changes how you train.
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Most attacks are over quickly
Real-world violent encounters typically last seconds, not minutes. Here’s what that compressed timeline means for awareness, response, and self-defense planning.
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Decision fatigue can be deadly
Decision fatigue isn’t just inconvenient — in surgery, aviation, and parole boards, it produces measurable harm. Here’s the research and what to do about it.
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Financial literacy classes don’t work — and we keep funding them anyway
Decades of research show financial literacy education barely changes behavior. Here’s why we keep funding it, and what actually moves the needle.
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Marketing moves faster than science
By the time research is settled, marketing has already sold a generation on the conclusion. Here’s why the gap matters and how to read around it.
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Why alternative treatments get dismissed too quickly
Mainstream medicine is right to demand evidence — but it sometimes dismisses promising treatments before the evidence is even collected. Here’s the pattern.