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    • A Psychologist Explains the 4 Things Gambling Does to Your Brain

      A Psychologist Explains the 4 Things Gambling Does to Your Brain2

      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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    • I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.

      I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.0

      I spent the past week at a camp teaching teens about the legislative process. Among other things, the teens learned about American history, government, and worldview, while also role-playing as senators, representatives, and media. The week ended with a final debate on the house floor of the Minnesota Capitol. Here are five interesting things I

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    • A Doctor Explains His Prescription for Happiness

      A Doctor Explains His Prescription for Happiness0

      I was working with a little eight-year-old girl on an assignment the other day when she stopped, looked at me curiously and asked, “Why are you always smiling?” Her inquiry took me by surprise. To be honest, I was tired and still recovering from illness, and didn’t perceive myself as being in the best of

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    • The Trend Suggesting Millennials are Feeling Their Childless Void

      The Trend Suggesting Millennials are Feeling Their Childless Void0

      Millennials take a lot of heat for things. They’re rude, we’re told. They’re over-sensitive. They’re irresponsible. They can’t adult. Or so everyone says. But it’s time to take heart because they are excelling in something. According to The Economist, that something is the care of… houseplants: “Interest in houseplants as measured by internet search data

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    • 5 Reasons to Avoid Ad Hominem Arguments

      5 Reasons to Avoid Ad Hominem Arguments1

      At Intellectual Takeout we write a great deal on logical fallacies, of which there are many. Of all fallacies, the ad hominem is king (and probably always will be). From the Latin “to the man” or “to the person,” it is a (fallacious) argumentative device that involves attacking one’s opponent instead of rebutting their argument.

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    • Does the Arc of History Bend Towards Justice … or Madness?

      Does the Arc of History Bend Towards Justice … or Madness?0

      The arc of history is long, and it sometimes bends towards insanity. A society can go backwards as well as forwards. Russia and Germany were worse places in the 1930s and 1940s than they were in 1910, as illustrated by the Holocaust and the Holodomor.  The Holodomor was Russian Communist dictator Joseph Stalin’s genocide: A

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