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Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
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How to Make the Study of Consciousness Scientifically Tractable
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Hollywood and Gun Violence
Movies alone don’t cause people to misuse firearms—but if they even just contribute, the film industry should take responsibility
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The Illusion of Genetic Romance
Matchmaking based on “DNA compatibility” may sound intriguing, but the underlying science is hardly convincing
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Why Don’t People Care That More Men Don’t Choose Caregiving Professions?
People attribute the lack of women in STEM fields to external factors but attribute the lack of men in helping professions to internal ones
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Yes, Free Will Exists
Just ask Schopenhauer
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Living with No Sense of Direction
For those with developmental topographical disorientation, ordinary travel is extraordinarily difficult
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When “Reasonable” Trumps “Rational”
Research shows that people sometimes ignore their own self-interest in making decisions
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New research using Crocs explains “the dress”
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Do We Possess a Transpersonal Imagination?
Some products of our imaginations seem to spring from sources beyond our everyday selves...
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My Go-To Arguments for Free Will
Free will must exist if some of us have more of it than others...
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