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Tackling Misdirected Blame—Disavowing All Forms of Anti-Semitism

It’s been almost two weeks since it happened. The US has had a midterm election. We’ve cast our votes in the hopes of a better future. We continue to grieve…

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5 min

Why Political Correctness Is Self-Defeating

Posted on November 7, 2018November 19, 2018
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byHarry Sargent

We generally think of critiquing political correctness as a conservative talking point. This is a grave mistake. There is much to dislike about haughty individuals telling us what to think,…

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11 min

Psychology

The Case Against Mental Health Awareness Raising

Posted on November 7, 2018November 7, 2018
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byJonathan Gleadell

In the wake of World Mental Health Day and Theresa May’s appointment of a suicide prevention minister, this might seem like the least propitious time to make a case against…

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11 min

How to Avoid the Tribal Trap of Stories: A Scientific Approach to the Way We Think

The real difference between us and chimpanzees is the mysterious glue that enables millions of humans to cooperate effectively. This mysterious glue is made of stories. —Yuval Noah Harari In…

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10 min

Psychology

How Philosophy Can Reduce Your Confirmation Bias

Early in my career as a professor, I recognized confirmation bias in my students. In her evaluation of reincarnation in Buddhism, for example, one student wrote that she found it…

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8 min

Psychology

China and the Loneliness of Not-Knowing

Since the 1960s, psychologists and sociologists have recognized that loneliness doesn’t have much to do with being alone. As Adrian Franklin puts it, “loneliness could be experienced regardless of whether…

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4 min

Psychology

A Big Emotion is Not an Emergency: Helping Teenagers Manage Their Emotions

I learned early in my daughter’s toddler days that savvy moms don’t gasp or shriek when the baby falls and bumps herself. At playgroups, the correct response was modeled for…

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8 min

Psychology

Don’t Be an Indoor Cat: The Danger of Safety Culture

Posted on September 8, 2018September 8, 2018
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byBarrett Wilson

Too many of us are behaving like indoor cats these days. Let me explain.

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7 min

Psychology

When Storks Bring Theybies

If you weren’t familiar with the term theyby before this headline, you can be forgiven. A theyby is a child being raised in a gender-neutral environment at the behest of…

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23 min

Psychology

Eros: An Obituary

Posted on August 31, 2018September 1, 2018
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byRace Hochdorf

The aim of the Party was not merely to prevent men and women from forming loyalties which it might not be able to control. Its real, undeclared purpose was to…

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17 min

Psychology

Memes and the Casual Conversation Around Mental Illness

If you’ve been on the internet for long enough, you must have seen at least one joke or meme about mental health. BuzzFeed alone seems to publish a list of…

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14 min

Virtue Ethics for the Modern Age

Posted on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018
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byJohn Wood, Jr.

Scott Adams, creator of the popular comic strip Dilbert, trained hypnotist and erudite public commentator, posed what may seem like an odd question on his blog last year: “why do…

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10 min

The Water We Swim In: A Need to Look at Causes as Well as Effects.

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the…

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10 min

Psychology

Depression is Horrific but Suicide is not the Answer

This is not an essay I wanted to write, but, after the recent tragic loss of the author and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain to suicide, I now feel compelled to…

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8 min

Psychology

No, You Don’t Have a Disorder. You Have Feelings

The London Times recently carried a story about an avalanche of self-harm among British school children. According to the article, “school nurses are dealing with panic attacks, self-cutting, overdoses and…

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Psychology

Humanity or Sovereignty? Potentialism, A Road Map For the Twenty-First Century

Tackling Misdirected Blame—Disavowing All Forms of Anti-Semitism

Why Political Correctness Is Self-Defeating

The Case Against Mental Health Awareness Raising

How to Avoid the Tribal Trap of Stories: A Scientific Approach to the Way We Think

How Philosophy Can Reduce Your Confirmation Bias

China and the Loneliness of Not-Knowing

A Big Emotion is Not an Emergency: Helping Teenagers Manage Their Emotions

Don’t Be an Indoor Cat: The Danger of Safety Culture

When Storks Bring Theybies

Memes and the Casual Conversation Around Mental Illness

Virtue Ethics for the Modern Age

The Water We Swim In: A Need to Look at Causes as Well as Effects.

Depression is Horrific but Suicide is not the Answer

No, You Don’t Have a Disorder. You Have Feelings

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