How to Misuse Science for Fun if not Profit.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140123125838.htm

Step one: read the linked article. It’s about a study where scientist tried to decide how guilt or innocence influenced a condemned prisoner’s last meal request. Basically, ones who may have been innocent, or at least claimed to be so, ate fewer calories or no final meal at all. Those we readily admitted to guilt asked for bigger meals and more name-brand “comfort foods.”

Step two: say someone did you wrong, and you want to punish them. Tell them you know they did wrong, and sentence them to some kind of “death.” Don’t really kill them. Tell them they will be sentenced to the silent treatment, or something.

Step three: tell the “condemned” they get a “last meal” before the sentence is executed.

Step four: if they say “nothing,” give ‘em a big hug instead and tell ‘em the sentence has been commuted. If they say “chicken wings, and lots of ‘em,” arbitrarily double the sentence and take away some other privilege.

Step five: eat the chicken wings yourself.