Cognitive Engineering
Bearded Soldiers
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Preposterous protocols, nonsensical norms, and peculiar policies: what makes a rule weird?
In this podcast, Nick, Ben, Leon, and Fraser discuss the British army's recent dropping of the ban against beards: the history behind the ban, what motivated the recent change, and what the whole affair can tell us about 'weird' rules more generally.
A few things we mentioned in this podcast:
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