human psychology
17/04/2024 - 12:10
More modern methods include a workout on the gym punchbag or exercise bike. But the humble paper shredder may be a more effective – and... →
27/09/2022 - 14:05
These sketchy biographical details are almost all that we know of the life of the philosopher Epictetus, born around AD55. While some of... →
07/03/2022 - 14:06
But in the 2020s, things are different. My daughter and her friends played a game on their phones while discussing their strategy in a... →
15/09/2021 - 16:25
Conspiracy theories have long been part of American life, but they feel more urgent than ever. Innocuous notions like whether the moon... →
06/04/2021 - 13:07
Social media offers everyday people the opportunity to share ideas and express opinions with the power to reach enormous audiences.... →
25/02/2019 - 12:33
We’re just animals, complex biological systems operating according to the laws of nature—from physics to biology and... →
16/03/2018 - 13:57
Even ancient classical texts, students have argued, can be dangerous: at Columbia University in New York, student activists demanded that a... →
24/12/2017 - 16:54
Another kind of problem that people get into drinking is related to binging so that a person might not drink every day and yet still have... →
20/08/2017 - 12:41
Does Killer deserve more blame – that is, resentment and indignation – than Merely Reckless? Or, do Killer and Merely Reckless deserve the... →
20/01/2017 - 17:55
But Shahak Shapira, an Israeli-German writer, took issue with the setting: the Berlin Holocaust memorial. Mr Shapira copied 12 selfies... →
29/10/2016 - 14:30
One obstacle is what you already know. Even if a lie sounds plausible, why would you set what you know aside just because you heard the lie... →
16/10/2016 - 14:06
Successes like Whitaker’s are unsurprising to Barry Schwartz, Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore... →