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MattArnold

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MattArnold··on How people judge your intelligence and social skills based on your looks: Take 2
You claim to have proven that people make snap judgments based on superficial physical appearance. But it's based on a test in which you explicitly demanded that the test subjects do so. Failure to do so meant non-participation in your test. How can you claim to have tested the hypothesis?
MattArnold··on Is There Anything Good About Men?
Genes influence, not determine. Certainly it is worthwhile! Your goals, and those of your genetic code, are not the same. Your genes would happily ruin your life in order to propagate.
MattArnold··on Kyle Bragger on Redesigns
I notice Kyle Bragger listed Lobster as a web design element. I'm not familiar with the term in this context, and Google has not so far availed me. I'm curious. Would someone more knowledgeable fill me in? Thanks in advance.
MattArnold··on Love of the Game: Be foolish enough to believe your startup will make it.
This is an excellent article until it applies one final twist that perverts the entire message into something loathesome.

He's working hard. Great! He's keeping his expenses low. Awesome! Who needs to be weighed down with that stuff? He gave up on useless egotism about his status. Perfect! Other people's opinions don't matter. He rejected job offers. Excellent! That's because they provide a way of life he doesn't want.

So far so good.

He can do all that without lying to himself. Lie to yourself and you'll lie to others, which makes you an untrustworthy con man. That's what gives entrepreneurs a reputation like televangelists.

Just give up the ego-trip of success, and accept the fact that what you are doing may not succeed. Why do you need it to succeed? Your ego. Just fail, start again, fail, start again, fail, start again. So long as you can keep yourself fed, you can keep it up forever. Your validation is not some future goal-- this is the life you want. Right here. Right now. Otherwise, don't do it.

MattArnold··on Why Do Schools Fire Losing Coaches But Not Bad Teachers?
They fire losing coaches but not bad teachers because sports players want to win. Students do not.
MattArnold··on [dead]
I assume this is a fake page, because of the URL, and where the navigation links lead. It should be stated here in case anyone misses that. Is there any contextual explanation for why lot49 has this page?