The closer we look at the world the more we realize just how crazy, just how "quirky," of a place it really is.
This is the premise of a new book entitled Quirkology: How We Discover Big Truths in Small Things by psychologist Richard Wiseman. For example, it's a quirky truth that the single guy in a bar who uses a strange, even weird, pickup line, is more likely than not to get the phone number of the girl he's chatting up. According to Wiseman's research, he's totally wasting his time by asking, "Come here often?" Instead you should open with, "If you were a pizza topping, what would you be?" No kidding.
Quirkology is filled with all kinds of crazy insights. Here's another: One's last name has an incredible impact on one's career path. Which is why, as Wiseman points out, there's a disproportionate number of marine biologists named Dr. Fish.
Here's another: According to Wiseman, the best way to spot a liar is not with our eyes -- as we've been taught -- but with our ears. When one is...
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