Merv Mandelbaum

Merv Mandelbaum writes about all things science, technology, and health. He also spends an inordinate amount of time playing video games and reading baseball statistics. He can be reached at [email protected].

You Can’t Judge Someone’s Personality From A Resume

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Resumes are often your first impression to a job recruiter, and first impressions are often wrong. Here’s the trouble, though: job recruiters think that they’re awesome at judging personalities based on resumes. They aren’t. Researchers publishing in the Journal of Business and Psychology have found that it’s extremely difficult to … Read More

Powerful People are Inspired By Themselves

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President Donald Trump has shown he is willing to use military force quickly
Trump's cruise missile attack on Syria marks his military debut

Back when Gene Simmons had his own magazine (it was called Tongue), he interviewed himself. What would possess Simmons to do something like that? Maybe the same reason Kanye West listens to his own music: powerful people are really, really into themselves. In fact, a study published in Social Psychological … Read More

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