Category Archives: social

the social influence of obesity

26 Jul 2007 – 17:15

http://tinyurl.com/2xvuqd
This is an interesting finding on the apparent spread of obesity through social contact. But I wonder if there isn’t some predisposition to choose friends who are already like you in some ways (similar behavior, habits, likes/dislikes). This would bias the social networks to becoming obese (or skinny) together, I’d think, and might account for [...]

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An experiment for an experiment

20 Jul 2007 – 13:31

I am using a new site called, Diigo, to submit this post. Diigo lets you tag, annotate, collect, and organize web documents you come across in your daily browsing activities. They advertise themselves as being a useful research tool. And, it turns out, I might start a research study looking at how services like Diigo, [...]

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