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Monkeys Exhibit the Same Economic Irrationality As Us

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-wanna-spend-like-you-oo-oo dept.

grrlscientist writes "Laurie Santos is trying to find the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primates make decisions. This video documents a clever series of experiments in 'monkeynomics' and shows that some of the stupid decisions we make are made by our primate relatives too."

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  1. Laurie Santos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That nasty old femdom lesbo hag. Go figure.

    1. Re:Laurie Santos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      This "article" was submitted by some fat zit-faced hentai-watching teenage dude while he was eating Bugles and playing CS Source. Calls himself "grrlscientist" for the attention. Another faux slashdot vagina. Go figure.

  2. Meh. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: -1, Troll

    So they buy Apples too, huh?

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  3. So niggers are bad with money too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    har har har!

  4. mod 0P by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    here, but wha7 is OpenBSD. How many as the premiere give other people

  5. Thinking ahead by inthealpine · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think those in the US think though finances about 10 seconds into the future.
    Other places in the World if you fail to plan or be responsible you feel the pain. In the US there are so many social programs it keeps the least responsible people from feeling any pain.
    If social programs arn't enough the court system exists to let the scum of the country sue everyone around them that actually do any work.

    If you ask me, the monkeys have one up on us humans.

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  6. I started watching, then stopped... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First of all, she keeps saying the same things over and over. 4 minutes in and no examples of our bad decision making.

    Finally to add insult to injury, I read this:

    "world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change"

    And then I realized I made *that* mistake previous and unlike the apes, I have the capacity to turn TED off. Thanks but no thanks.