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When the people misplace their trust, they attack what they once loved
Education
Are We Seeing the Death of Trust?

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on March 22, 2023

Personal Perspective: Have you noticed the loss of trust in our society? Wouldn't you like to get it back? Maybe reverence is the way.

Personal Perspective: Have you noticed the loss of trust in our society? Wouldn't you like to get it back? Maybe reverence is the way.

World Map of Vaccinated people
Bias
Bias and Hate Over a Vaccine

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on February 22, 2022

Has our war with the pandemic become more important than our respect for one another? Could an equal distribution of the vaccine help us remember the principle of mercy?

Has our war with the pandemic become more important than our respect for one another? Could an equal distribution of the vaccine help us remember the principle of mercy?

Bias
Bias in the Competition for Scarce Kidneys

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on November 8, 2021

Is the process of kidney allocation unbiased? Maybe it can't be fair. But as life and death decisions get harder to make, random selection seems more just than human criteria.

Is the process of kidney allocation unbiased? Maybe it can't be fair. But as life and death decisions get harder to make, random selection seems more just than human criteria.

Depression in childhood can be cured
Suicide
No Child Should Think About Suicide

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on August 12, 2021

A Personal Perspective: Children are thinking about suicide more often now. If we honor the epoch of childhood instead of making them ashamed of it, we can extinguish these thoughts.

A Personal Perspective: Children are thinking about suicide more often now. If we honor the epoch of childhood instead of making them ashamed of it, we can extinguish these thoughts.

Fear
The Uncanny Fear of Loss, Part 3

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on May 30, 2018

Maybe our thoughts aren't just thoughts. Maybe they keep us company just like real things do, when those we miss are elsewhere.

Maybe our thoughts aren't just thoughts. Maybe they keep us company just like real things do, when those we miss are elsewhere.

Fear
The Uncanny Fear of Loss, Part 2

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on April 23, 2018

Why is it always too late to say goodbye? Maybe our need to remember each other outweighs our need to see one another...

Why is it always too late to say goodbye? Maybe our need to remember each other outweighs our need to see one another...

Fear
The Uncanny Fear of Loss, Part 1

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on April 14, 2018

Our species is afraid of loss, even though we'll lose everything anyway when we leave this world. Often, we miss the thought of one another more than we miss life itself.

Our species is afraid of loss, even though we'll lose everything anyway when we leave this world. Often, we miss the thought of one another more than we miss life itself.

Aging
I Hope We Have a Daughter, Not an Heir

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D. on April 2, 2018

Many cultures want sons, not daughters. Yet evidence suggests that a long line of anonymous daughters made the difference in our survival, not the few first-born sons we recall.

Many cultures want sons, not daughters. Yet evidence suggests that a long line of anonymous daughters made the difference in our survival, not the few first-born sons we recall.