Do Others’ Mistakes Make Us Feel Good?
Every night since March 1929 a red beacon on top of the historic Grant Building in Pittsburgh has flashed the city’s name in international Morse code. However, while waiting to see 2009′s July 4th fireworks, Tom Stapleton, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, noticed the beacon was flashing “Pitetsbkrrh”. According to Stapleton, the [...]
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