Believe that your life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James (the father of American psychology) For all my West Coast readers, let me say: the cold and snow ain’t fun. Recently, I went to hop in my car and pick up some groceries, when I unlocked my…
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 rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld A foundational part of being a psychophilosopher is skepticism. Doubt. Mistrust in your senses, your thoughts, the two-week old chicken in the fridge that doesn’t look that moldy. I’ve shown you how you can be wrong about probability estimates, about…
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong. — Andy Rooney When you say that someone’s “nice,” you’re essentially claiming that when you interact with that person, there’s a better than average chance that he/I will be nice to you. Of course,…
It’s man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways. — Buddah Today…I’m feeling a little devilish. My blood’s a little warmer. There’s an elusive gleam in my eye. The world seems primed for my conquering. Cue the grinningly sinister music. In social psychology, our focus is often on the context of…
Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better. – Henry David Thoreau There really is nothing like returning to your childhood home. Or in my case, returning to the place I lived last year as a semi-grown adult. And after spending the last…