Is cannabis really such a bad thing? Perhaps it’s time for society to rethink its approach towards cannabis use, especially when it comes to the workplace. Researchers have found out that while using cannabis before and during work directly dampens work performance, using cannabis after work hours has no effect. It might even improve work performance indirectly since some users feel more relaxed and sleep better after using cannabis.
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Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
