Post No.: 0744 Furrywisepuppy says: International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is implemented and enforced primarily by States/countries themselves. Other mechanisms are also provided via IHL treaties or international organisations – chiefly the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … Read More
Post No.: 0743 Fluffystealthkitten says: We’re biased to interpret our own actions as more well-intended and moral than the equivalent actions of others. It’s all fictional but, when we play videogames, we almost invariably ostensibly play the … Read More
Post No.: 0742 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Regression to the mean’ isn’t about how your significant other’s behaviour reverts back to cruelty once your birthday is over. It’s about how, if you’ve just had an extreme result, the next result … Read More
Post No.: 0741 Furrywisepuppy says: If we’re unwavering zealots then can we ever believe that our worldviews are wrong? Even past facts can be reinterpreted in favour of our positions… If a political party wins an election … Read More
Post No.: 0740 Fluffystealthkitten says: Diplomacy can be regarded as any kind of interaction between people with the aim of building or maintaining friendly and mediated or negotiated relations between them, whereby those people are representatives of their … Read More
Post No.: 0739 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Morning larks’ find it most natural to get up and sleep early, whereas ‘night owls’ find it most natural to get up and sleep late. One’s ‘chronotype’ can be at either end of … Read More
Post No.: 0738 Fluffystealthkitten says: Marketing companies nowadays routinely employ popular influencers to try to get messages or videos trending on social media like on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok or whichever platforms are most currently fashionable and relevant for … Read More
Post No.: 0737 Furrywisepuppy says: Illegitimate historical revisionism (or negationism) and denying acts of atrocity that one’s side had committed is a function of cognitive dissonance, whereby most people believe that they and their own side/ingroup (e.g. forebears) … Read More
Post No.: 0736 Furrywisepuppy says: The brain can use as much as 20% of the body’s total energy consumption but only makes up about 2% of the body’s total mass. But whereas stronger muscles will show greater activation, … Read More
Post No.: 0735 Furrywisepuppy says: Fostering independence is vitally important for a child’s development. However, parents are increasingly protective and reluctant to let their children explore on their own. This is somewhat understandable, yet some of the perceived … Read More
Post No.: 0734 Fluffystealthkitten says: It’s especially indefensible when someone knows that someone else has a mental disorder or disability yet still treats them (even more so) with bullying, taunts and belittlement. Some people, alternatively, end up … Read More
Post No.: 0733 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Motivated reasoning’ is about justifying decisions, judgements and attitude changes (or lack thereof) based on our emotions and cognitive biases, in order to reduce cognitive dissonance and/or to serve self-serving outcomes. Cognitive … Read More
Post No.: 0732 Furrywisepuppy says: Skeletal muscles are said to be made up of two kinds of muscle fibres – Type I or slow-twitch, which are good for endurance but lack power; and Type II or fast-twitch, which … Read More
Post No.: 0731 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s easier to not feel the need to commit any crimes if one is financially wealthy and comfortable compared to poor and in a desperate situation to survive. …Having said that, if … Read More
Post No.: 0730 Furrywisepuppy says: Practising mindfulness was briefly mentioned as a way to minimise bouts of stress as a result of work in Post No.: 0723 by Fluffystealthkitten. Different types of mindfulness practice bring different benefits, such … Read More
Post No.: 0729 Furrywisepuppy says: Life is just a series of projects – to maybe get married, raise a family, write a blog(!), finish a videogame, run a marathon, or just make tonight’s din-dins… and it feels like … Read More
Post No.: 0728 Furrywisepuppy says: An opinion or unverified presumption is logically more guaranteed to speak about the person who holds or shares it than the subject of the opinion or presumption. For example, if we judge someone … Read More
Post No.: 0727 Furrywisepuppy says: This is my last foreseeable post on the enlightening journey we’ve undertaken towards better understanding autism. We studied the possible causes of autism not long ago in Post No.: 0719. This time, we’ll … Read More
