Post No.: 0279 Furrywisepuppy says: History used to be written (and rewritten) and spread by the victors or by whoever was in power at the time, with the accounts of the losers often being erased or denied. But … Read More
Post No.: 0278 Fluffystealthkitten says: Invest in health and health will come. (This is apparently statistically true in economics.) No matter if we’re personally financially rich or poor or anything else in life – if one vital thing … Read More
Post No.: 0277 Furrywisepuppy says: In such a complex world, it’s remarkable that we rarely ever feel stumped, for we have intuitive feelings and opinions about almost everything that comes our way! We like/dislike people long before knowing … Read More
Post No.: 0276 Furrywisepuppy says: People with a high internal locus of control tend to be able to cope with pressures better – they tend to see things as challenges, feel that they have control of their own … Read More
Post No.: 0275 Furrywisepuppy says: What we each perceive as reality is a subjective yet elaborate reconstruction of reality – of minds interpreting information from senses, coloured by personal expectation and open to influence. ‘Naïve realism’ is the … Read More
Post No.: 0274 Fluffystealthkitten says: Whenever you form an opinion – listen to others too, argue critically against yourself, and think of alternative views or counterfactual hypotheses, in order to test and refine your beliefs. Most of … Read More
Post No.: 0273 Furrywisepuppy says: Before entering into any major negotiation situation – always do some homework and preparation. Know firstly what it is that you really want – money isn’t always the only goal or the most … Read More
Post No.: 0272 Furrywisepuppy says: The emotion of disgust probably evolved to protect us from the tiny microorganisms and viruses that can harm us from the inside, while the emotion of fear probably evolved to protect us from … Read More
Post No.: 0271 Fluffystealthkitten says: Affective empathy (as in mirroring the emotions of another person) drives compassion because we’ll adopt another person’s perspective and interests. For example, if we see someone suffering, we’ll vicariously mirror that suffering too, … Read More
Post No.: 0270 Furrywisepuppy says: There are so many different types of mental health disorders or illnesses with many different types of symptoms. So prejudging all mentally disordered or ill people as having, for instance, impaired intelligence, is … Read More
Post No.: 0269 Furrywisepuppy says: In Europe, there are concerns of ‘E numbers’ regarding food additives. But the ‘E’ prefix just stands for ‘Europe’ and signifies that the European Food Safety Authority has assessed the additive as safe … Read More
Post No.: 0268 Furrywisepuppy says: Children, in particular, are amazing at copying – both the good and bad they see and hear! That’s because we learn a lot through copying. We’re born to generally copy people of the … Read More
Post No.: 0267 Fluffystealthkitten says: In the parliament of the UK, there is a bicameral system, which means that it has two chambers. The House of Commons (or ‘lower house’ of the UK Parliament; the House of Representatives … Read More
Post No.: 0266 Furrywisepuppy says: All cultures incorporate politeness but their norms – such as when, where and to what extent they are applied – can be very different. The context matters too – for instance, people are … Read More
Post No.: 0265 Furrywisepuppy says: The main barrier against solving a lot of human problems isn’t so much not knowing what needs to be done – but getting people to actually individually and collectively do it! Some … Read More
Post No.: 0264 Furrywisepuppy says: In scientific experiments, take care with distinguishing between independent and dependent variables – for instance, individual fair dice rolls are independent from each other because the result of one roll has no bearing … Read More
Post No.: 0263 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Gross domestic product’ (GDP) is the market valuation of all the final goods and services produced within a given time period in a country. It’s highly debatable as an adequate measure of an … Read More
Post No.: 0262 Fluffystealthkitten says: Leaders take the ultimate responsibility – they do take the plaudits and they do take the blames (well few people care about or know who literally presses the buttons or pulls the levers … Read More
