As discussed in my previous post, The Romance of Reality presents a set of scientifically-premised arguments for viewing life, consciousness, and the physical universe as being all of one piece, a view... Read more »
Henrich, Heine, and Norenzayan’s 2010 WEIRDest people in the world article was a watershed. Two years earlier, Arnett (2008) defined the extent to which psychological science relies on narrow and atypical human... Read more »
Picture a new parent awake at 3 a.m.—not because the baby is crying, but because they can’t stop checking if the baby is breathing. Their mind loops: What if I miss something?... Read more »
Imagine a mandatory class on mental health. The goal is to help every student learn to cope. But what if, for some students, that lesson makes things worse? This uncomfortable possibility is... Read more »
Opioids relieve pain but are dangerous and highly addictive. In a recent 12-month period, there were 109,600 USA drug-overdose deaths, with 70% linked to opioids. In 2023, 5.7 million people in the... Read more »