21.05.12
883. The Wizarding World always wanted Muggles to know about the Battle of Hogwarts, and though they tried sending subtle signs, none of them worked. They called upon an ex-Hogwarts pupil, one who was very gifted with words, to disguise herself as a Muggle and go undercover for perhaps the rest of her life. She would write the whole of Harry’s story, interviewing necessary characters, and writing it down in as much detail as possible. Even if it took 7 books. Joanne said she’d be delighted to do such a thing.
(Source: accioheadcanons, via confessionsofaneastcoastgay)
05.05.12
The Foreign-Language Effect
Would you make the same decisions in a foreign language as you would in your native tongue? It may be intuitive that people would make the same choices regardless of the language they are using, or that the difficulty of using a foreign language would make decisions less systematic. We discovered, however, that the opposite is true: Using a foreign language reduces decision-making biases. Four experiments show that the framing effect disappears when choices are presented in a foreign tongue. Whereas people were risk averse for gains and risk seeking for losses when choices were presented in their native tongue, they were not influenced by this framing manipulation in a foreign language. Two additional experiments show that using a foreign language reduces loss aversion, increasing the acceptance of both hypothetical and real bets with positive expected value. We propose that these effects arise because a foreign language provides greater cognitive and emotional distance than a native tongue does.
01.05.12
salted pretzel.
deadly ninja monkey..
lolol wind removing (I have a childish sense of humor). These are all so great.
27.04.12
I’m an energy bending Kyoshi Warrior who marries Aang and has a dozen kids (got to repopulate those airbenders) and is cockblocked by Toph of course and lives in the Northern Water Tribe.
22.04.12
Survival kit, inspired by something littlefeatherheart said.
(via darlingyoufuckedupp)
22.04.12
