The yips plague athletes in many sports, and even musicians. Hopefully sports psychologists can find a cure. Golfers know all about “the yips.” If they’ve never experienced it themselves, they’ve probably played […]
Even high jumpers get the yips
Liability fears drive psychology journal to retract climate study
The journal Frontiers retracted a study of conspiracy accusations among climate change deniers even though their “investigation did not identify any issues with the academic and ethical aspects of the study.”
Libertarians, engineers, and climate disruption denial: part 1 – libertarians
Libertarians and engineers are often found among the vocal minority of people who deny the reality of industrial climate disruption. Part 1 of a series discusses recent research into the moral values and personality traits of libertarians.
Nota Bene #104: Large Marge Sent Me
“Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #99: Heed the Peace Gnome
“You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you’ve got music.” Who said it?
Greatest. Journal. Ever. Jung's Red Book
An article in the Sunday New York Times magazine on September 16 entitled The Holy Grail of the Unconscious caught me by surprise. When young, I’d read Carl Jung, founder, along with […]
Adjunct faculty: an unsustainable disgrace
by Joseph Domino There is perhaps no topic in America where we talk out of two sides of our mouths more than Education. Education is in crisis at all levels, but at […]
Will modern marketing realities force companies to make better products?
by JS O’Brien Despite pie-in-the-sky economic theory, competitively priced, quality products do not always trump those of lesser quality in the marketplace. A variation of Sony’s Beta format video was used for […]
The noxious weed smelled good…
Have you ever stumbled into a situation where something made you crave your long forgotten bad habit or addiction again, just one more time? You’d repeatedly proven yourself stronger than your old […]
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