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Ideas

Thought-provoking articles about human nature from diverse thinkers

Marge and Homer’s ice cream argument, or why metaethics matters | Psyche

Values and beliefs

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Marge and Homer’s ice cream argument, or why metaethics matters

by Rachel Handley

Brainwashing has a grim history that we shouldn’t dismiss | Psyche

Freedom and choice

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Brainwashing has a grim history that we shouldn’t dismiss

by Joel E Dimsdale

Neurodiversity

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Why neurodiversity and entomology so often go together

by Alice Laciny

Childhood shyness can be advantageous – don’t pathologise it | Psyche

Personality

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Childhood shyness can be advantageous – don’t pathologise it

by Raha Hassan & Kristie Poole

Brain scans look stunning, but what do they actually mean? | Psyche

Neuroscience

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Brain scans look stunning, but what do they actually mean?

by Danielle Carr

Hula hooping is not mindless, it is bodily problem solving | Psyche

Thinking and intelligence

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Hula hooping is not mindless, it is bodily problem solving

by Elina Vessonen

Musonius Rufus: Roman Stoic, and avant-garde feminist? | Psyche

Thinkers and theories

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Musonius Rufus: Roman Stoic, and avant-garde feminist?

by Massimo Pigliucci

Anxiety

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After many false starts, this might be the true age of anxiety

by Jason Schnittker

Look past the woods – each tree is an individual to be cherished | Psyche

Nature

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Look past the woods – each tree is an individual to be cherished

by Sarah Boon

Sikh ethics sees self-centredness as the source of human evil | Psyche

Ethical living

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Sikh ethics sees self-centredness as the source of human evil

by Keshav Singh

Older people are battling despair, but Erikson offers us hope | Psyche

Ageing and death

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Older people are battling despair, but Erikson offers us hope

by Jane Adams

When a tricky task makes your brain hurt, here’s what to do | Psyche

Thinking and intelligence

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When a tricky task makes your brain hurt, here’s what to do

by Todd Vogel