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Quote of the Day

Byadmin March 12, 2014

“When many remedies are proposed for a disease, that means the disease is incurable.”

-Anton Chekhov

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The Loneliest Number
Byadmin January 8, 2014

If you ever want to know why one is the loneliest number, consider the words of John Tukey, a prominent American mathematician from the 20th century. Not the most socially adept person in the world, he relied heavily on his wife Elizabeth to help them live a normal life. When she died in 1998 Tukey…

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Why I’m Not Sad That I Can’t Fly
Byadmin March 18, 2014

I remember one time having a conversation with Daniel Kahneman, one of the founders of behavioral economics, about the topic of happiness and emotional adaptation, in the context of chronic disability. We were discussing emotional impact of experiencing a limb amputation. Kahneman pointed out that it is the loss of the limb that is really…

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The Secrets of Creativity?
Byadmin May 17, 2012

The best thing about bad art is that it makes fodder for great reviews. Take the opening line of Mina Strohminger’s review of Colin McGee’s “The Meaning of Disgust”: “In disgust research,” she writes in The Journal of Aesthetics and Critical Art, “there is shit, and then there is bullshit.”
Guess which category she thinks McGee’s book falls under?
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The First War the United States Didn't Have to Fight
Byadmin June 7, 2013

The war of 1812 was sometimes called “Madison’s war” by those who opposed the President’s call for military action against Great Britain. A whole slew of grievances was building up between the two countries, especially with Britain’s bullying behavior in the seas. But it was also clear that Pres. Madison was itching for war, and…

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Predicting Adaptation to Calamity and Disability
Byadmin March 3, 2014

People often show an amazing ability to emotionally recover from difficult circumstances. I devoted my second book, You’re Stronger Than You Think, to this topic. Now comes some really cool research, showing that people’s ability to bounce back from adversity depends, not all that surprisingly, on their underlying personality traits. Although this result is not…

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What are health insurance companies good for?
Byadmin March 1, 2010

They take our money, and hand it over to hospitals and doctors, while keeping a good portion for themselves. What a waste, huh? Well, yes and no. To see a really illuminating discussion of health insurance companies, and what they really do, see this blog http://michaelbrownmd.blogspot.com/2010/02/health-insurance-does-not-earn-its.html by Michael Brown– the Chief Information Officer at Harvard…

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Quote of the Day

The Loneliest Number

Why I’m Not Sad That I Can’t Fly

The Secrets of Creativity?

The First War the United States Didn't Have to Fight

Predicting Adaptation to Calamity and Disability

What are health insurance companies good for?

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