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Defining Good to Kill Evil

By Leon Pomeroy, Ph.D. on February 22, 2012 in Beyond Good and Evil

We need a definition of good without using examples of good. It isn't easy! The best minds of history failed. Read More

Why Am I Always Late?

By Gretchen Rubin on February 22, 2012 in The Happiness Project

Each week, I post a video about some Pigeon of Discontent raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to find the Bluebird of Happiness, we're also plagued by the Pigeons of Discontent. Read More

Some Quotations That Started Me Thinking About Happiness

By Gretchen Rubin on February 21, 2012 in The Happiness Project

When I started thinking about happiness, several quotations made a special impression: Read More

Attention All Fathers (and Sons)

By Mark Banschick, M.D. on February 20, 2012 in The Intelligent Divorce

In The Way, Martin Sheen learns how to be a Dad — the hard way. Read More

To Be Happier, Write Your Own Set of Personal Commandments

By Gretchen Rubin on February 20, 2012 in The Happiness Project

One of the most challenging—and most helpful and fun—tasks that I've done as part of my Happiness Project is to write my Twelve Personal Commandments. Read More

Torn Between Two Lovers

By Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. on February 19, 2012 in In the Name of Love

Exclusivity is at the heart of romantic love. Like other emotions, love is discriminatory and partial—one cannot love everyone. How is it then that many people claim that they have loved two people at the same time? And how do they deal with this situation? Read More

Is Evolution "Just a Theory"?

By Tania Lombrozo, Ph.D. on February 18, 2012 in Explananda

Evolution's scientific credentials are sometimes challenged by noting that it is a THEORY, not a FACT. Do people reject evolution because it's "just a theory"? Research suggests that understanding the nature of science, and in particular the idea that theories are reliable but revisable, is related to accepting evolution. Read on to find out why. Read More

Are Therapists Really Nonjudgmental?

By F. Diane Barth, LCSW on February 18, 2012 in Off the Couch

Is it okay for a therapist to reject a client on religious or moral grounds? Read More

Where Are All The Aliens?

By Robert Lanza, M.D. on February 17, 2012 in Biocentrism

In Star Wars, the bars are bustling with alien creatures. Yet despite half a century of scanning the sky, NASA and SETI haven't found extraterrestrial life. So where are they? The problem may be more fundamental than anyone thought––it involves understanding our very selves. Read More

Biology and Awe: Psychology's Critical Juncture

By Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D. on February 17, 2012 in Awakening to Awe

It's time for the profession of psychology to wake up to its larger calling. Read More

Why a Unified Theory of Psychology Is Impossible

By Gregg Henriques on February 16, 2012 in Theory of Knowledge

The conceptual unification of psychology will never be achieved as there are too many political forces that pull it apart. Foundational unification could only come via precise experimental prediction grounded in physics. Yet, since physics itself is fragmented, such a dream seems misguided. Read More

Seven Tips for Getting Yourself to Go to Bed on Time

By Gretchen Rubin on February 16, 2012 in The Happiness Project

Recently I video-posted about the Pigeon of Discontent, "I can never get to bed on time." Read More

Freud's Cognitive Revolution

By David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D. on February 15, 2012 in Philosophy Dispatches

How Freud rejected the Cartesian approach to the human mind and started his own cognitive revolution. Read More

Was I a Troublemaker? Weren't you?

By Gina Barreca, Ph.D. on February 15, 2012 in Snow White Doesn't Live Here Anymore

I felt like a foster-child at the affluent institution I attended, but only a very good education could have prepared me to be a truly effective troublemaker. For that I am indeed grateful. Read More

I Can Never Get to Bed on Time

By Gretchen Rubin on February 15, 2012 in The Happiness Project

This week's Pigeon of Discontent, suggested by a reader, is: "I can never get to bed on time." Read More

Why Relationships Work: Partner as Peer

By Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D. on February 14, 2012 in What a Body Knows

It is that time of year again when we are greeted by article after article on how to find the right match, our soul mate, the perfect partner, and then, make it work. But these lists miss the most important point: such differences don't matter, or not in the same way, if your partner is a peer. Read More

Stack the Russian Nesting Dolls

By Jeff DeGraff, Ph.D. on February 14, 2012 in Innovation You

If we think of our Self as a Russian nesting doll, a discrete and complete unit, that is part of a larger system, we begin to frame our own life in the context of the lives of others. Read More

Can You Summarize the Challenge of Happiness in a Single Sentence?

By Gretchen Rubin on February 14, 2012 in The Happiness Project

Partly as an intellectual discipline, partly for fun, I often push myself to answer tough, conclusory questions, such as "If you had to pick just one thing, what's the key to happiness?" or "What are the ten most common myths about happiness?" Read More

Problem With Procrastination? Try This: Do Nothing

By Gretchen Rubin on February 13, 2012 in The Happiness Project

Just about anyone who has ever put off a troublesome task is familiar with one of my Secrets of Adulthood: Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination. Read More

Why Do We Call It World Wide Web?

By Maureen Seaberg on February 13, 2012 in Tasting the Universe

The co-inventor of the Internet named it World Wide Web for his synesthetic green "w's". Read More

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