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Avoiding the scientific ego problem

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Science is often an egoistic pursuit. Something about developing a theory seems to inject an arrogance into the method which can lead to a relentless pursuit of a theory in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary. This hurts us, but it doesn’t have to.
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betterment on-thinking-and-reasoning

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Why catharsis is a (dangerous) lie

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Aristotle used the term catharsis to describe the ‘purge’ of emotions by indulging in them. Then we made it into a theory. But ‘venting’ your emotions doesn’t fix them, it just makes it worse. Much worse.
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betterment on-(un)happiness

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Alert - IQ scores are meaningless

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The Intelligence Quotient, or IQ, is commonly considered a representation of your raw intelligence. At least, that’s the folk wisdom. But the folk wisdom is wrong.
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betterment somatic-architecture wealth-architecture on-being-fruitful on-ethics on-the-nature-of-things

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The three reasons why everyone is so 'cliquey'

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The psychology of cliques has a pretty stereotypical pattern. It’s been well-described since the 80’s. There are three phases, and often they end in collapse.
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connection on-friendship on-leadership on-politics-and-power on-culture

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Attractiveness might be more about the environment, than about you

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There are a number of things that occur naturally in our environment that can alter the attraction we feel for people. These things might seem small, but they have an outsize influence on our preferences for people.
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connection on-love on-culture on-aesthetics
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