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Abknoxious

Posted on February 3, 2014 12 Comments

There are so many compelling current news stories that grab my attention that I have to filter out what I read so I am not overwhelmed. That is largely because they are at base about human behavior, which is after all, my chosen field and my main interest in life. Because I am a psychologist, […]

Behind the surface

Posted on November 15, 2013 18 Comments

In Plato’s Republic, Socrates suggests that looking merely at the surface of things as most of us do in our daily lives, will not lead us to understand the phenomena that underpin the workings of the world. While this is not welcome news, it actually explains why we are so easily misled by people with […]

Let’s put brain cells on this

Posted on August 23, 2013 29 Comments

The new IPCC report on climate change is due out in September. This week the maintstream media shared a preview of its findings, which will also be found on its homepage. You can read this Politico summary right now. I don’t need to say too much about the issue of climate change itself. It is […]