Contemporary Issues in Computer Science

Conscience+

Dan Ariely has released a smart phone app called Conscience+. Read about it here:

http://danariely.com/2012/06/02/conscience/

There are both iPhone and Android versions of the app. Download it onto your phone or borrow a friend’s phone and do it. Try it out.

Answer the following two questions:

1. Surely there’s at least one of his excuses that you have used or can imagine using. What is it? Argue briefly for it.

2. Come up with another excuse that could go somewhere on his list (or maybe you need a new category). Describe it.