by David Phillips | May 10, 2011 | Culture, Science
In recent years researchers have turned to the study of gossip-our predilection for talking about people who are not present. Why is news about others so irresistible? As it turns out, gossip serves a useful social function in bonding group members together. In the...
by David Phillips | Mar 11, 2011 | Lifestyle, Science
This is a re-post of thoughts published in a past post. I have been thinking and processing two interesting articles. One is on gossip and the other is on information addiction. The science of gossip is quite interesting. Of course, we all gossip, science would say it...
