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| President Champ Orders Behavioral Experiments On American Public |
| 2015-09-16 |
"A growing body of evidence demonstrates that behavioral science insights -- research findings from fields such as behavioral economics and psychology about how people make decisions and act on them -- can be used to design government policies to better serve the American people," reads the executive order, released on Tuesday. The new program is the end result of a policy proposal the White House floated in 2013 entitled "Strengthening Federal Capacity for Behavioral Insights." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #30 As far as Obamacare is concerned, "the fiscal beatings will continue until morale (sign-up) improves.." |
| Posted by: Warthog 2015-09-16 18:51 |
| #29 GOPe emails me all the time. Clearly their "voter profile database" is faulty... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2015-09-16 17:45 |
| #28 hoping to find ways to sell the policies better More like it's because neither Mr Obama's OFA nor the DNC are willing to share their extensive voter-profile databases. (we won't mention the GOP, because they don't have a voter profile database - at least not on anyone not worth 7-figures or more.) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-09-16 16:38 |
| #27 Seems to me this is simply the government not understanding why their take all your money and redistribute it policies are so disliked by so many and hoping to find ways to sell the policies better. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-09-16 15:13 |
| #26 (...leading to an increased number of available parts in the future). Or earlier, to echo a Monty Python skit. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-09-16 14:02 |
| #25 Join the wellness program or lose weight and improve cholesterol numbers on your own, or your cost for health insurance will go up by $50/month. My Company offered $25/mo. off for filling out the wellness questionnaire. So far, I have not been threatened with higher premiums for failure to do something. I guess it is two sides of the same coin. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-09-16 13:38 |
| #24 And you will continue to be |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-09-16 13:14 |
| #23 And anyone else who is anti-NATO. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-09-16 12:56 |
| #22 Plays patty cake with Iran, though Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-09-16 12:52 |
| #21 The only major power who is positioning itself against the onslaught of Islam is Russia. The only leader attempting to militarize against Islam which is ISIS, Al-Nuesra, and Turkey is Putin. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-09-16 12:44 |
| #20 Nudge? Oh Hell No. More watering down. Mass Murders in the total annihilation of the World Trade Center towers to Islam, the loss of major loss of American lives in Iraq and the resulting capitulation to ISIS, the loss of the Oval Office to a man by the name of Hussien who said America will respect Islam. Mass murder at the Boston Marathon, Mass Murder at our bases within the US. Your watering down of your speech, your ignoring of the terror is rampant throughout the peoples of the West. You have submitted. You are in submission. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-09-16 12:36 |
| #19 As if they have not already reviewed university research data. Or have not already experimented with the Cops Act Stupidly campaign. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-09-16 11:43 |
| #18 I don't disagree, JohnQC. I find this kind of management highly objectionable. Besoeker did well posting this article and his follow-up link on one application, increasing tax compliance in Britain. On this side of the pond, nudges are getting more heavy handed. I saw the following on Drudge just now: How Obamacare Allows Companies to Punish Fat Employees Join the wellness program or lose weight and improve cholesterol numbers on your own, or your cost for health insurance will go up by $50/month. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-09-16 11:40 |
| #17 Sorry for the double post. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-16 11:24 |
| #16 If OFumble continued much longer or Hillary should get elected, one might see "nudge theory" or more like "cudgel theory" applied in a reverse direction. TW, the people in "fly-over" land are getting a bit desperate and fed up with these Washington/academic/left coast elites. I've said it before: "The veneer of civilization is thin." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-16 11:24 |
| #15 If OFumble continued much longer or Hillary should get elected, one might see "nudge theory" or more like "cudgel theory" applied in a reverse direction. TW, the people in "fly-over" land are getting a bit desperate and fed up with these Washington/academic/left coast elites. I've said it before: "The veneer of civilization is thin." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-16 11:22 |
| #14 It's called Nudge Theory, and has been a thing in public policy discussions since 2008. The Obama circle, connected to academia as they always have been, has been keen on it from the very beginning as a way of guiding individual behaviour in what they consider to be desirable directions on a whole host of issues, Besoeker's link being just one. For a lot of things, it's in how a choice or range of choices is presented. For instance, the possibility of organ donation on a driver's licence renewal form, which is required by law -- is it presented as an opt in (check here to donate, which only those who care about such things will do) or opt out (check here if you do not want to donate, which many who are not interested in being broken up for parts for the benefit of strangers when they die will not bother to read, leading to an increased number of available parts in the future). All very scientifically paternalistic and, they will assure you indignantly, not totalitarian in the least. After all, the choice not to do the desired thing is still there. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-09-16 10:39 |
| #13 Here is some data for you: Fuck off little boy. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-09-16 10:28 |
| #12 US Elected by the people President Barack Hussein Obama and appointed Commander In Chief Susan Rice of the defeated United States transvestite, breast feeding, anti-Christian US military that was ordered to retreat from Iraq whose military equipment left behind while obeying drop and run orders was confiscated by ISIS and now defeated in Syria by Al Qaeda (al Nuesra) with Assads Russian allies pouring in to fill the vacuum now must gain total control of the US population who were defeated in 2008 when they handed Hussein the scepter of power and the keys to the Oval Office door. While the President of the US Hussein importing of 250,000 Mohammedans into the us annually to complete increase state side terrorist activities of Allah within the walls of a now borderless nation, while traditional Americans sit on their asses and fume about on their blogs being careful not to offend having been PC whipped into shape by the Godless, suicidal liberal left. "This ain't Kansas" anymore. Never will be again.  |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-09-16 09:45 |
| #11 DNC campaign reasearch data on your dime |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-09-16 09:28 |
| #10 Wait. I thought the whole thing was aversion therapy... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-09-16 08:00 |
| #9 9 out of 10 people in Britain paid their taxes on time ...and all are still British subjects. Not to be confused with refuseniks formally known as American citizens. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-09-16 07:50 |
| #8 I have a suggestion Obama, go perform an unnatural behavioral experiment on yourself, you traitorous jerk. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-16 07:27 |
| #7 I found something under 'money' which is usually a good place to start: * Increasing tax compliance: Sending letters to late taxpayers that indicated a social norm –i.e., that “9 out of 10 people in Britain paid their taxes on time” – resulted in a 15 percentage point increase in response rates over a three-month period, rolling out to £30 million of extra annual revenue. Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-09-16 07:18 |
| #6 This is most likely a reaction to figure out why so few people signed up for Obamacare. If they dig deep enough they might find the root of the problem was Leftist lied about the size of the original problem. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-09-16 06:35 |
| #5 You talk. They do. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-09-16 02:38 |
| #4 What is exhaustive is to write about their plans. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-09-16 01:35 |
| #3 I'm too cheap to go out and buy tar & feathers... |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-09-16 01:02 |
| #2 Raj, you beat me to it. Mind you own F*CKING business Obama. I'll give you some behavior to think about. OH yeah, here comes my audit. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2015-09-16 00:51 |
| #1 I'll say it first - these people 'asking' these questions need the fucking snot beat out of them, pissed on, hogtied and thrown into dumpsters. |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-09-16 00:38 |