Post No.: 0592 Furrywisepuppy says: A pure ‘monopoly’ is when there’s only a single seller of a product in a particular market and there are no close substitutes. Because of this lack of competition and thus lack of … Read More
Post No.: 0591 Fluffystealthkitten says: So-called fortune tellers, spiritual mediums and psychics routinely employ a technique called ‘cold reading’. Without any prior knowledge of a person, they start by spewing out some vague and general guesses that have … Read More
Post No.: 0590 Furrywisepuppy says: Philosophies that believe that everybody gets what they deserve are strongly arguably untenable according to the conclusions that can be derived from scientific research and empirical evidence. This universe, which includes us and … Read More
Post No.: 0589 Fluffystealthkitten says: Research in epigenetics – which concerns how environmental influences, individual life experiences and age can activate/inhibit the expression of our genes – reveals how our upbringings and lifestyles can influence gene expression, which … Read More
Post No.: 0588 Furrywisepuppy says: One of the most basic heuristics of ‘system one’ is to represent things in categories, with conceptions of norms and prototypical exemplars that things that belong to a particular category are perceived to … Read More
Post No.: 0587 Furrywisepuppy says: Time is our most valuable asset in life because no matter how financially rich we are, we all only have 24 hours to personally spend each day. (Having money does mean that we … Read More
Post No.: 0586 Fluffystealthkitten says: For a less stressful time at parenting and to be less unnecessarily harsh on one’s children – parents must understand how moral reasoning develops in children and when. Meow. Even infants are … Read More
Post No.: 0585 Furrywisepuppy says: Let’s get deep! What makes you ‘you’ from one moment to the next? Personal identity is a key question in philosophy. (Some other big questions in philosophy concern God, knowledge and justified … Read More
Post No.: 0584 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Signalling theory’ is about conveying signals to other individuals that, ostensibly, display one’s genetic fitness or some other desirable trait. The purpose could be for trying to gain a potential mate’s attention or … Read More
Post No.: 0583 Fluffystealthkitten says: Loads of videos that go viral are fake or have been somehow manipulated. So much that goes viral that appears spontaneous is staged with actors rather than naturally occurring. Even many videos relating … Read More
Post No.: 0582 Furrywisepuppy says: When bartering, the way most concession patterns go is that the first concession is the largest, then further concessions gradually get smaller and smaller until it seems like it’s going to stop at … Read More
Post No.: 0581 Furrywisepuppy says: Humans have a relatively long infant period – they’re born ‘less polished and finished’ when ‘fresh out of the box’ compared to other known animals. The disadvantage is that they’re helpless for much … Read More
Post No.: 0580 Furrywisepuppy says: Resilience comes not from avoiding failures but from facing them openly and picking oneself up again and again. It’s about inward aspects like self-awareness and self-care, and outward aspects like having a clear … Read More
Post No.: 0579 Fluffystealthkitten says: A common misconception concerning allergies is that the immune system is too weak – but the problem during an allergic reaction is that the immune system is being hypersensitive and is unnecessarily reacting … Read More
Post No.: 0578 Furrywisepuppy says: Often, being forgetful is the result of not being conscientious enough to encode (properly pay attention to something in the first place), store or revise (including writing something down or similar so that … Read More
Post No.: 0577 Furrywisepuppy says: In Post No.: 0569, we looked at how a developing brain adjusts to living in a traumatic environment in ways that are adaptive at the time but maladaptive in the bigger picture. … Read More
