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Journalism & communication

A Persuasion Vaccine You Get in Advance: Inoculation Theory

Inoculation theory holds that people who meet weak counterarguments in advance and practice refuting them resist stronger persuasion later. This piece covers William J. McGuire’s 1

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Business administration

Does Going First Win? First-Mover Advantage

First-mover advantage is the edge a company gains by entering a market before anyone else. We look at where that edge comes from, the costs pioneers pay, what historical research r

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General knowledge

The Brain’s Limit on Relationships: Dunbar’s Number

Why can contact lists grow while deep ties stay few? Dunbar’s Number says humans can sustainably keep only so many stable relationships—often about 150—layered as roughly 5, 15, 50

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Food & nutrition

The Wisdom of Cooking Corn in Ash Water: Nixtamalization

Nixtamalization is a traditional Mesoamerican method of cooking and steeping dried corn in an alkaline solution such as limewater, then washing and hulling it. Learn its history, h

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Tourism studies

A Journey That Peeks Behind the Stage: Staged Authenticity

Staged authenticity is the idea that tourist destinations present a version of local life arranged to look genuine to visitors. This article covers the basic concept, the six stage

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Library & information science

Thesaurus — A Dictionary Showing Relationships Between Terms

This time, I would like to put together some material on thesauruses, dictionaries that show the various relationships among keywords when searching for the information you want. A