Halyna...

 

Halyna Hutchins.

Alec Baldwin, who accidentally killed his cinematographer on the set of his film “Rust,” should have never pointed a gun at another human, even if he believed it was safe, Hollywood safety experts told The Post. 

The actor is now likely to face a gantlet of legal challenges, including possible criminal charges,  as both the man who pulled the trigger and as the executive producer responsible for set safety, legal experts said.  

For safety, all live firearms used in TV and film productions are typically aimed at a dummy point, not at equipment, cast or crew, Guns are never aimed at a person.  

“You never let the muzzle of a weapon cover something you don’t intend to destroy,” said   New Orleans-based firm rep who has worked on the sets of scores of TV and film productions. “All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.”

Bias...

 

Most people assume that being physically attractive is a good thing, but this study showed just how good it can be. 

Undergraduates viewed pictures of men and women representing several levels of attractiveness.⁵ Based on the photograph alone, they rated the more attractive people as being more kind, outgoing, modest, sensitive, sociable, and interesting.

But the positive perceptions didn’t end there. Participants also viewed more attractive people as having better jobs, better marriages, and better lives. These results demonstrate our strong bias toward physical beauty and the stereotypical beliefs we ascribe to more attractive individuals.

Just an "undergraduate Bias" thought.

EV...

 

"They are a wonderful driving experience. But at the same time, they're an enormous burden in time and in energy in finding chargers and getting them charged," Anderson said. "And you’re not really saving much in terms of charging costs ... you may be paying more.”

Costs to drive an EV compared with a gasoline car are detailed in a report Anderson Economic released called "Comparison: Real World Cost of Fueling EVs and ICE Vehicles."

• There are four additional costs to powering EVs beyond electricity: cost of a home charger, commercial charging, the EV tax and "deadhead" miles.

• For now, EVs cost more to power than gasoline costs to fuel an internal combustion car that gets reasonable gas mileage. 

• Charging costs vary more widely than gasoline prices. 

• There are significant time costs to finding reliable public chargers — even then a charger could take 30 minutes.

So before suspending oil production, let us improve the Electric car charging services.  Just a thought.

Walking...

 

Walking for at least 11 minutes a day could lessen the undesirable health consequences of sitting for hours and hours, according to a helpful new study of the ways in which both inactivity and exercise influence how long we live. The study, which relied on objective data from tens of thousands of people about how they spent their days, found that those who were the most sedentary faced a high risk of dying young, but if people got up and moved, they slashed that threat substantially, even if they did not move much.

For most of us, sitting for prolonged periods of time is common, especially now, as we face the dual challenges of Covid-related restrictions and the shortening, chilly days of winter.  

 Multiple past epidemiological studies show links between sitting and mortality. In general, in these studies, couchbound people are far more likely to die prematurely than active people are.

But how active an active person should be if he or she hopes to mitigate the downsides of sitting has remained unclear. If you sit for eight hours at work, for instance, then stroll for half an hour in the evening  meaning you comply with the standard exercise recommendation of about 30 minutes of exercise most days.  Just a thought.

Similarity...

 

The similarity-attraction effect refers to the widespread tendency of people to be attracted to others who are similar to themselves in important respects. ... Similarity effects tend to be strongest and most consistent for attitudes, values, activity preferences, and attractiveness.

Television shows and games, allegedly, completed by another participant, or what researchers refer to as a “bogus stranger,” then rate the attraction toward the bogus stranger.  

The researchers altered the scales to manipulate how similar the bogus stranger was to the participant and how many attitudes appeared on the scale. 

They discovered that proportion of similarity is more important than the overall number of similar attitudes. It is more important to be similar on 7 out of 10 traits (i.e., 70%) rather than 30 out of 200 traits (i.e., 15%).  Just a thoght.

Gain-loss..

 

Which is more attractive?

A new study tested college students engage in a series of meetings.⁴ The participant “accidentally” (it was actually an intentional part of the study) overheard the experimenter describe them in one of four ways: all positive; all negative; initially negative but becoming positive, or initially positive but becoming negative.

Participants liked the experimenter when the evaluation was completely positive but, surprisingly, liked the experimenter even more, when the evaluation was initially negative but became positive. 

This finding demonstrates the gain-loss theory of attraction or the idea that winning over people who had an initial bad impression is more rewarding to us than someone who liked us all along. It is a possibilities though. Just a thought.

Hide...

When people are self-conscious about an aspect of their behavior or appearance (such as a large pimple), they often overestimate the extent to which others notice it. Researchers call this phenomenon the spotlight effect.

In one clever study, researchers asked college students to wear an embarrassing t-shirt (one with a photo of singer Barry Manilow). As predicted, the students overestimated the number of other students who actually noticed the t-shirt.

Research on the spotlight effect suggests that others may be less focused on our imperfections than we are. Isn’t that a relief?

People don’t always notice what we wish to hide. Just a thought.

Wandering...

 

Yeah...

 

Amateur...