How to Avoid Sounding Like an Idiot When Discussing Politics Just curious; do you consider attacking the character of a candidate to be an ad hominem? I've been forced to point out on a few occasions lately that right-wing types absolutely love the argument from ignorance fallacy, strawmen, slippery slopes, and - you forgot one, although it's closely related to slippery slope - simple fear-mongering. These all work like a charm on idiots (i.e. Being a lawyer, I sometimes can't resist pointing out that the structure of an argument - prior to even addressing any factual deficiencies or differences in opinion - is simply faulty. I realize my bend is showing, but I'm really not an across-the-board Democrat. I personally know both conservatives and liberals who do that, and I see it on both sides in the public arena as well. If it's personal rather than political, you bet.
Four Ways to Figure Out What You Really Want to Do with Your Life Make 46 Meals for Under $100 in 4 Hours Sleepyti.me Calculates the Best Time to Go to Sleep So You Wake Up Refreshed There is no medical/scientific evidence to support the claims that this app will help. First of all, the "90-minute sleep cycle" idea is just that, an idea. Saying that people experience regular, 90-minute cycles is like saying all people have exactly 1.7 children since that is the national average, when, in fact, NOBODY has exactly 1.7 children. Also, sleep stages very by cycle dramatically, so waking up after 4.5 hours is very different from waking up after 7.5 hours. Finally, there is very little evidence to support the claim that waking up at the "end of a cycle" is any different than any other point in the cycle, especially if its a later cycle that consists mostly of REM and Stage 2 sleep. This is the second sleep-related article in the past couple of weeks on this site that has featured inaccurate, misleading information.
How Many Hours of Sleep Do You Really Need? I took a class taught by the Penn PI cited in this article, Dr. David Dinges, called "Human Chronobiology and Sleep". I also worked part-time for a company for which he was a consultant while I was a student. He's brilliant, truly one of the world's top authorities on sleep, with an extremely impressive, 112 page CV: [www.med.upenn.edu] One thing he emphasized in his class that really stood out for me is the inverse relationship between exposure to light (especially short-wave/blue light around 470nm) and melatonin production. If you're exposed to light (i.e. from a TV, computer, phone, etc) right before you try to sleep, melatonin production is inhibited, and it's going to be very difficult to fall asleep. EDIT: If anyone's interested, here's the syllabus for the course I mentioned: [www.sas.upenn.edu]
10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies Ten of the most influential social psychology experiments explain why we sometimes do dumb or irrational things. “I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures.Why do good people sometimes act evil?Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?” –Philip Zimbardo Like famous social psychologist Professor Philip Zimbardo (author of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil), I’m also obsessed with why we do dumb or irrational things. The answer quite often is because of other people — something social psychologists have comprehensively shown. Each of the 10 brilliant social psychology experiments below tells a unique, insightful story relevant to all our lives, every day. Click the link in each social psychology experiment to get the full description and explanation of each phenomenon. 1. The halo effect is a finding from a famous social psychology experiment. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The Surprising Relationship Between Sleep and Learning Before you start your next Udemy course, it’s best you get a good nights rest. Here is why: Meet Ed. He prides off thinking he only needs five hours of sleep a night. That was an extreme example, but it’s a fact, lack of sleep does not do your body good. When it comes to learning, sleep deprivation impairs spatial learning including memory and simple tasks like how to get to a specific destination. You see, learning itself helps to rejuvenate the brain and lack of sleep deprives the brain of this function. “Sleep is a fascinating field. Sleep directly affects your learning. A detailed 2002 study done by the Harvard Medical School demonstrated the effects of lack of sleep on some participants. REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement), one of the deepest parts of sleep you experience typically during the last two hours of sleep enhances emotional memory and learning retention.
Asperger's Syndrome Symptoms in Children, Teens, Adults Although there are many possible symptoms of Asperger's syndrome, the main symptom is significant trouble with social situations. Your child may have mild to severe symptoms or have a few or many of these symptoms. Because of the wide variety of symptoms, no two children with Asperger's are alike. Symptoms during childhood Parents often first notice the symptoms of Asperger's syndrome when their child starts preschool and begins to interact with other children. Children with Asperger's syndrome may: Not pick up on social cues and may lack inborn social skills, such as being able to read others' body language, start or maintain a conversation, and take turns talking.Dislike any changes in routines.Appear to lack empathy.Be unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning of others' speech. A child with one or two of these symptoms does not necessarily have Asperger's syndrome. Symptoms during adolescent and teen years
A melegházasság ellen: kérdezz-felelek a homoszexualitásról - Konzervatórium N'Jala ezredes I 2013.04.25. 10:05 „Sok pszichiáter naivan úgy tekintette a{z 1973-as} döntést, mint egy diagnózis egyszerű törlését annak érdekében, hogy megszűnjenek az igazságtalanságok. A valóságban azonban igazságtalanságokat teremtett a homoszexuális irányultságú emberrel szemben azáltal, hogy az igazság igazságtalanságot szenvedett, és ezzel megakadályozták a homoszexuálisokat abban, hogy pszichoanalitikus segítséget keressenek és találjanak.” Számos felvetés érkezett a melegházasságot és a melegek örökbefogadási lehetőségét kritizáló posztunkhoz. Genetikai oka van-e a homoszexualitásnak? Ezt eddig senkinek sem sikerült bebizonyítania. Az egypetéjű ikreken végzett vizsgálatok alapján nem bizonyítható, hogy a homoszexualitás genetikai alapú, hiába bukkan fel a médiában időnként a hír, hogy „újabb bizonyítékot találtak a homoszexualitás genetikai eredete mellett”. Genetikailag viszont rengeteg, normatívnak el nem ismert hajlamot lehet örökölni. Homoszexualitás mindig is létezett!
Will Power: How To Improve Your Personal Self Discipline “I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.” Pietro Aretino Willpower. Self-control. Higher willpower is associated with being happier, scoring higher on standardized tests and earning more money. What you may not know however, is that willpower is a resource that you can call upon – and at the same time, it is also a skill that you can improve. I’ll show you seven scientific, research backed way you can improve your own personal self discipline today #1: Remove Temptation Willpower is a limited resource – so don’t waste it. For example, if you know that you watch too much TV, and need to focus on a project for the next month – cancel your cable, or physically unplug your TV from the wall. #2: Stabilize Blood Sugar Low blood sugar is associated with diminished self discipline. #3: Sleep Make sure you get enough of it. #4: Enjoy Life Positive emotional experiences replenish your self discipline reserve. #5: Avoid and Reduce Stress Stress has shown to deplete self discipline.
How To Increase Your Willpower photo credit: shoothead “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt This quote embodies everything I know about willpower. It displays what we as people are capable of when we are pushed to the nth degree. Try, try again I can not stress this enough. Give up.