Does Calhoun’s Shocking Experiment Reveal the Condition of Our Society?
“Shocking experiment reveals the condition of our society!” Such a headline is usually tied to articles describing Dr. John Calhoun’s behavior experiments. Obviously, there’s a reason for that. Among other things,...
Attitude, Beliefs, and Cancer – the Fact and the Fiction
Out of many myths about the human mind, this one is, perhaps, the most insidious one. Its danger spawns from its targeting an already vulnerable population, namely, cancer patients, and pulling them even further down, suggesting that...
7 Reasons Why Positive Thinking Will Ruin Your Life
– “Children in Darfur are starving to death. Have they attracted that starvation to themselves?” – “I think the country probably has.” From an interview with Bob Proctor, an expert on positive thinking...
Why it’s good to learn “useless things” in school
If I had a penny for each time I heard or read someone’s complaint about “the useless things we had to learn in school,” I would have enough money to build my own school. I will say this: I used to be the one doing the complaining....
Do Video Games Make People More Violent? (Science-Based)
Whenever young people—whether teenagers or children—are involved in a violent crime, the media start to get angry. Right away, from some musty closet all kinds of “experts” appear and declare how evil video games are, that...
Facts and Myths About Multitasking
The biggest problem with real science lies in the fact that it is usually very complicated. It’s a natural human tendency to look for simple answers, whereas the reality is often rather complex. Mind you, there are some simple answers...