Post No.: 0768 Furrywisepuppy says: Regardless of whether international law violations committed by States are settled by an international court or via independent interactions between States – the legal consequences are guided by general rules of international law … Read More
Post No.: 0767 Furrywisepuppy says: What makes highly processed or junk food particularly yummy compared to even ripe and sweet fruit on its own for many of us? It’s strongly arguably the combination of fat and sugar … Read More
Post No.: 0766 Fluffystealthkitten says: In Post No.: 0759, we looked at some general pointers when brainstorming alone or in groups. If you’re still stuck trying to come up with creative ideas for new products or businesses, or … Read More
Post No.: 0765 Furrywisepuppy says: Negotiation is a game, where each side hopes the other will believe that a ‘final offer’ is really so. Make it a fun game if possible. It’s serious stuff yet don’t take yourself … Read More
Post No.: 0764 Furrywisepuppy says: If one is young enough, even severe brain tissue loss and surgery can be recovered from and one can still subsequently live a decent independent life – and this is due to neuroplasticity. … Read More
Post No.: 0763 Fluffystealthkitten says: Although humans like to position their own species as the most highly moral in the animal kingdom, it arguably appears to be the case that humans and chimpanzees are the only species that … Read More
Post No.: 0762 Furrywisepuppy says: In serious arguments, I don’t know anyone who’s ever been intellectually persuaded by a point because it was shouted at them. Shouting is more of an intimidation tactic to try to forcefully get … Read More
Post No.: 0761 Furrywisepuppy says: Is food addiction a real addiction? Whether food can be truly addictive in the same way that a drug can be addictive is disputed. Akin to recreational drugs such as cocaine, certain … Read More
Post No.: 0760 Furrywisepuppy says: At it’s most simplistic, law is a system of rules and standards that has been designed to guide behaviour. It’s usually shaped by morals, and customs like norms and etiquette. Law helps social … Read More
Post No.: 0759 Fluffystealthkitten says: For the optimal conditions for creativity, we need the optimal level of constraints. Too much freedom and we’ll feel paralysed about what to do or we might get too comfortable and feel that … Read More
Post No.: 0758 Furrywisepuppy says: Our intuitions are frequently based on crude cognitive shortcuts like how easily we can think of or remember an example of something. If instances of something come readily to mind then we’ll presume … Read More
Post No.: 0757 Fluffystealthkitten says: The skills that contribute to social and emotional intelligence, like empathy and compassion, are often called ‘soft skills’ even though they’re usually the hardest things to bring in a high-pressured workplace. These skills … Read More
Post No.: 0756 Furrywisepuppy says: Many people from much older generations were raised to be frugal, and they still care about saving every scrap of paper and not wasting food because they lived though times of scarcity and … Read More
Post No.: 0755 Furrywisepuppy says: Physical stores employ a bunch of techniques in order to get us to spend more, that we might not consciously notice – these include the design of the aisle layout, the placement of … Read More
Post No.: 0754 Furrywisepuppy says: Our intuitions can sense when someone is lying reasonably well (although how well ‘well’ means is subjective!) But no single specific non-verbal behavioural cue or any linguistic (e.g. colloquialisms) or paralinguistic (vocal tone … Read More
Post No.: 0753 Fluffystealthkitten says: ‘White privilege’ doesn’t mean that white people cannot experience hardships or still earn their successes. It just means that white people compared to other ethnicities, here in ‘the West’ at least, have the … Read More
