It is impossible to condense in one article (or even in a hundred) all the research in psychology, philosophy, neuroscience... on happiness. Researcher Sonja Lyubomirski has done some marvellous work on...
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From experience, most people mention critical thinking in two cases. Either we speak of critical thinking to explain why homeopaths, psychics and other charlatans are mistaken (this is the art of ...
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Deanne Kuhn, a psychologist at Columbia, hypothesizes that the most important thing in the way we think is not what beliefs we have about the world. What really matters is...
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The goal in my life is to gain wisdom. I think it is the best strategy to be happy, even when I am 90 years old and can no longer walk or if one day I am...
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The source of all moralism is judgment. Judgment is the expression of a moral opinion about a person, about actions or words. In my opinion, judging is a harmful...
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In my previous article I explained how Brad Blanton's model of the human mind could guide us in our perception of the world. In this article, I will introduce moralism...
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In recent years, I have read many books on a wide variety of topics (epistemology - the science of science, positive psychology, stoicism, Buddhism, ...
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Anecdotal or personal evidence (APE’s) are in my opinion the worst symptom of clouded judgment. A few examples among dozens of others (caution: they do not...
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According to Karl Popper - the super star of epistemology (the critical study of science) - science never proves that theories are true. Instead, science constructs...
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During the 2017 presidential campaign, I bled myself dry in a lot of debates on Facebook, because Facebook debates are actually of no interest...