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A Psychologist Explains the 4 Things Gambling Does to Your Brain4
- Culture
- August 13, 2018
To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may be part of why almost 80 percent of American adults gamble at some point in their lifetime. When I ask my psychology students why they think people gamble, the most frequent suggestions are for
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A Psychological Explanation for Why Your Boss is a Moron0
- Culture
- April 7, 2016
In 1999 David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, and a graduate student, Justin Kruger, published a paper. Its hypothesis became known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and it went something like this (to quote Dunning): “…incompetent people do not recognize—scratch that, cannot recognize—just how incompetent they are.” According to Dunning and Kruger, incompetent people will: 1.Often
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A Progressive Explains Why the Left Downplays Family Structure1
- Culture
- October 4, 2018
Modern society tends to think that given enough education, job opportunities, and equality advancement a child will be able to lift himself out of poverty and enjoy a successful life as an adult. But as a new study published by the Census Bureau shows, one of the greatest ways to lift children out of poverty
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A Prison Mentality Is Killing Our Schools0
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- November 30, 2016
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A Principled Way of Addressing Trans Athletics0
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- February 28, 2022
Swimmer Lia Thomas swept her individual races at the recent Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships, breaking numerous records in the process. Thomas is now headed to the NCAA Championships in mid-March, albeit with much controversy, for Thomas’s recent identification transition from a man to a woman is perceived by many, teammates included, as an
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A Primer on Courage0
- September 16, 2015
Courage, also known as “fortitude” or “bravery,” is one of the four cardinal virtues along with prudence, justice, and temperance. Along with temperance, courage helps one to conquer the obstacles to doing the good with prudence and justice. According to Aristotle, one possesses the virtue of courage if he/she “faces and … fears the right things …
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