Over One Billion Anti-Semites
2014-05-15 – Do you remember when McDonalds used to advertise the number of hamburgers they’d sold and what a big deal it was when the hundred-million sign was replaced by […]
Tag Archives: psychology
Dandy Dandelions
2014-05-11 – Yesterday the world was awash with dandelions. There were none the day before. They just sprouted up overnight. I noticed them yesterday on my first long bike ride […]
Cross My Heart and Hope to . . .
2014-03-25 – We now learn that putting your hand over your heart tends to make you more honest and that folks witnessing this act perceive this act as indicating honesty. […]
Cuckoo for Chicken Pox
2014-03-23 – I remember a time before many of the vaccines we rely on today were available. Now, I was a little boy, so I don’t remember any scientific details. […]
Making the Invisible Visible
2014-03-06 – The dawn cracked this morning as I took my dog Lefty on a quick walk before leaving on my walking commute. A faint blue line painted the Eastern […]
Dashing Through the Snow . . . What’s So Funny About It?
2014-03-02 – Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, o’er the fields we go, laughing all the way . . . Laughing? Maybe we’re laughing in December, but […]
Cathedrals of Scent
2014-02-09 – My friend Chris posted an interesting article on Facebook: “What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun?” by David Graeber. The article contrasts one utilitarian view of evolutionary […]
My Amazon Wish List
2014-02-04 – I have 375 books on my Amazon wish list. According to the US Census Bureau life expectancy figures, I can expect to live another 20 years. To […]
Indeterminacy of Guilt: Schrödinger’s Knox
2014-01-30 – If you know only the tiniest bit of quantum mechanics (a quantum of quantum mechanics or Q2M), you’ve surely heard of Schrödinger’s box. Schrödinger’s box is a […]
My Brother’s Keeper
2014-01-12 – A favorite idea, at least in the popular press, is that kin selection tends to make us cooperate more with close family members and compete more with […]
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