I am human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to me. – Terrence (the slave turned Roman playwright) Sometimes when speaking to others, the monumental illogicality of their words almost necessitates they came from a different culture. Like seriously: How could anyone ever dislike peanut butter? But beyond these more superficial differences between cultures—the clothes,…
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. — BF Skinner (a famous psychologist) Aren’t you just the greatest? Or rather, if you’ve read my last two posts, don’t you just think you’re the greatest? For as I have…
We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them. — La Rochefoucauld, Maxims So you’re probably wondering why this blog was a little tardier than usual, but that’s because I wanted to remind you how grateful you should be to get it. And because I…
Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. — H. Mumford Jones How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the ark? This question was posed at the social psychology conference I attended this past weekend on Catalina Island off the…
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – M. Kathleen Casey Pain—what an unpleasant sensation. If happiness is the ultimate good, then pain is the ultimate bad. However, if pain really is this unequivocally negative experience, why do we even have it? From an evolutionary standpoint, pain serves to remind us something’s wrong. Physically speaking, it alerts…
Always do what you are afraid to do. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Picture your greatest fear. Then imagine my blog coming to your email every Wednesday for the rest of your life… Really mitigates that first concern, doesn’t it? In lieu of last week’s post, I received some disappointed feedback that the installment had no “psychophilosophy”…