A new report gives possibly-unexpected insights into the personality of skydivers: “Psychological Profile of Polish Skydivers,” Piotr Próchniak, Psychological Reports, vol. 108, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 263-273. The author, at Pomeranian University, Slupsk, Poland, reports: “It was found that skydivers scored higher on Impulsive Sensation Seeking, Hedonism, Stimulation, and Self-direction values, concentration on the […]
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Confessions of a recovering engineer
Charles Mahron’s “Confessions of a recovering engineer“, in Grist magazine, is itself a well-engineered essay. (Thanks to investigator Ethel Saylor for bringing this to our attention.)
Those colorful vtbt. paleontologists
The public sometimes stereotypes vertebrate paleontologists as being even-tempered, and perhaps light on personality. But it ain’t necessarily so, according to this item in the Kynligr Vegr blog: Sometimes, vertebrate paleontologists can be arrogant pricks. I don’t really understand why. We don’t really do anything worthy of having an inflated ego. We spend ridiculous amounts […]
Male/female physicists compared, fictionally
This chart compares the personality traits of male and female physicists, all of whom are fictional. It’s part of the study “Portrayal of Physicists in Fictional Works,” Daniel Dotson, Comparative Literature and Culture, Volume 11, Issue 2 (June 2009) Article 5.