You’ve heard the hullaballoo about recent legislative steps toward a carbon market. To which John Kerry responded last week, of his new climate bill, with a defensive: “I don’t know […]
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The mentalist know how people react when faced with the inexplicable.
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As I predict, Tiger only has 1/50 chance to win PGA. If he cannot improve his Driver, I guarantee no hope for him to win the 2009 PGA. The truth is that simple!
You Can’t Wipe Out Racism by Pretending You Don’t See Race
With the summer now behind us, countless sports fans are finding a tangible meaning in their lives that hadn’t been there in some time. That’s right. Football starts this week, […]
The source of the controversy in the psychology community this week is the Rorschach Test. You may not recognize that name, but you’ve seen parts of the test before: they’re those […]
First off, yes, it’s entirely possible that we’ve watched too many science-fiction movies, like I, Robot and the Matrix. But a variety of new scientific innovations, particularly in the world […]
Here on the Nicola Peninsula in Costa Rica, the medical news that dominates headlines today is not swine flu but a mysterious affliction called grisi siknis(or “jungle madness,” in the […]
Frans de Waal is director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and a professor of psychology at Emory University. His current research includes food-sharing, […]
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If you have ever wondered why your boss is such a stickler for the rules, the American Psychological Association has an answer for you that isn’t necessarily reassuring. It turns […]
Why Restorative Justice should be the core idea of a new political rhetoric?
How happy are you, on a scale of 1 to 10? If you don’t know how to answer that, you’re not alone. Surveying people about their happiness is notoriously problematic, […]
Using the Definition of the Domain of Morality as a sort of logical compass, Conservatism is argued to be “going against nature.”
For most of us, looking at an image of an attractive man or woman is, to some degree, appealing. Advertisers know this, and so it’s not uncommon to see scantily […]
The forecast for art and culture is partly cloudy this week at Big Think. On one hand the news is grim. Independent films are seeing dark days. Broadway is slashing […]
How many laws in Robert Greene’s “48 Laws of Power” does Leslie Gelb, the former senior Pentagon official, follow or flout?
The model of being an innovative company has been glorified over the past 10 to 15 years, but as the economy gets more conservative, so do businesses and adaptive thinking becomes a more appropriate model. This is not necessarily the best model, as we need to mold teams to fit the problem.
The so-called Instinct Diet attacks the two primary drivers of failure in dieting: deprivation and hunger.
Recently, David Brooks highlighted research on the characteristics and abilities of CEO’s – noting that psychological insight and a feel for human relationships are the most important talents in a […]
The paucity of women in psychological studies was striking Carol Gilligan says.
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The 2008 Election Campaign provided the nation with an enormous amount of much need sunlight. Now, the Obama victory has completely altered the lexicon of race in American life.
The philosopher discusses the ape-like nature of humans.
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Matt Miller on incubating skepticism.
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Today’s leading business and economic minds offer experience-based strategies for finding success in perilous times. From cost-cutting, to innovation, to business psychology, Big Think experts have global solutions to the […]
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It’s April 20th, known the world over as International Pot Smoking Day. If you’re reading this you’re probably not stoned. Although given the increasingly numerous reasons to be stoned, you […]
A new perspective to these times, their challenges and opportunities. ByAndy (Andres Agostini) – Ich Bin Singularitarian! High-Tech Visionary and Method Developer/Proprietor of: “Transformative And Integrative Risk Management” www.AgostiniWorks.blogspot.com-Arlington, Virginia, USA
Like a great gravity-eating vortex, the world of “pull” is increasingly at our digitized fingertips with new ways to bring previously out-of-reach information into the realm of practical individualized use. […]
Robert Cialdini talks about Social Psychology and what has influenced his work.
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