Jessica Tracy

Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Jessica Tracy is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia and the author of Pride: The Secret of Success (2017). She is currently working on a book about the integration of science and existential meaning.

Written by Jessica Tracy

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You can be a materialist and find meaning in the universe

My hard-nosed materialism led me to an existential crisis, but then I realised the difference between science and scientism

by Jessica Tracy