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Why was my subsequent discussion with Murtaza Hussain so unproductive? More, why are squanderous squabbles like this so common? Even among intelligent, educated people with similar moral sensibilities? To a first approximation, the answer is simple: Hussain wrote a sloppy, under-researched hit piece. More worried about Harris’ perceived support for U.S. foreign policy than about Hussain’s journalistic misconduct, Greenwald happily lent Hussain a megaphone. But if all we take away from this debacle is ‘well, Those People are crazy and dumb and shouldn’t be listened to’, we’ll have missed an opportunity to hone our own craft. And, of course, recognizing that this way of thinking is harmful still isn’t enough. And the thing is, they’re right. … And so are we.
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A team of German researchers asked male test subjects to look at 36 pairs of eyes -- 18 male and 18 female -- and, for each pair, to choose from one of two terms meant to describe the emotional or mental state of the person they were seeing. They found that the test subjects "had twice as many problems in recognizing emotions from female as compared to male eyes. " The results appeared this week in the online journal PLOS ONE. What's the Big Idea? During the testing, the men's brains were scanned using fMRI technology, and what occurred there led the team to an explanation for the behavior: They noticed that when the men were looking into the eyes of other men, there was an increase in activity in the amygdala, which is the brain's emotional processing center.
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A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. How to Pick a Career You Actually Like. Milky Way: Stéphane Guisard’s zoomable photo of the Milky Way’s center. Forget I asked, because after you click on this link, your day will be gone.
Poof! Vanished, since you will find yourself buried in a magnificent, massive of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. And when I say massive, I mean it’s friggin’ HUGE: 24,000 x 14,000 pixels! That’s a total of a staggering 330 million pixels. It’s a combination of three images (one each in red, green, and blue to produce a true-color final product), so it’s actually—and I can’t believe I’m typing this—the combination of a billion pixels of information. Create a Lasting Morning Routine by Making Two Key Changes. Asimov - The Relativity of Wrong. The Skeptical Inquirer, Fall 1989, Vol. 14, No. 1, Pp. 35-44 The Relativity of WrongBy Isaac Asimov I RECEIVED a letter the other day.
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I never actually gave it, because the school authorities vetoed the plan to invite me.) If Logic Tells You Otherwise, Ignore Your Gut. 8 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Concentrating. “Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder.
Mike was in his room writing a paper for his U.S. History class. On his desk next to his computer sat crunched Red Bulls, empty Gatorade bottles, some extra pocket change and scattered pieces of paper. In the pocket of his sweat pants rested a blaring iPod with a chord that dangled near the floor, almost touching against his Adidas sandals. On his computer sat even more stray objects than his surrounding environment. Mike made a shift about every thirty seconds between all of the above. Overcoming Procrastination Instantly Using Self Talk. Changing how we talk to ourselves is the easiest and most powerful way to overcome procrastination.
No other method that I know of disarms procrastination so rapidly and at such a fundamental level: that of our own thoughts. The Voices In Our Heads We’re talking to ourselves all the time inside our minds. Even when you’re not paying attention, these relentless mental debates deeply influence our feelings and, ultimately, our behavior. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself. Lies We Tell Kids. May 2008 Adults lie constantly to kids.
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