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Ideas

Thought-provoking articles about human nature from diverse thinkers

How Emil Utitz salvaged his humanity in a non-human world | Psyche

History of ideas

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How Emil Utitz salvaged his humanity in a non-human world

by Tereza Matějčková

Psychedelics show religion isn’t the only route to spirituality | Psyche

Drugs and psychedelics

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Psychedelics show religion isn’t the only route to spirituality

by Chris Letheby

Chimpanzees correct cultural biases about how good mothers behave | Psyche

Animals

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Chimpanzees correct cultural biases about how good mothers behave

by Maria Botero

Why we love to play pretend in front of scenic backdrops | Psyche

Photography

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Why we love to play pretend in front of scenic backdrops

by Kim Beil

Trauma

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Trauma unmakes the world of the self. Can stories repair it?

by Anna Gotlib

Creativity

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Recognise the creativity behind crime, then you can thwart it

by David Cropley

You can be aesthetically sensitive and know nothing about art | Psyche

Beauty and aesthetics

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You can be aesthetically sensitive and know nothing about art

by Guido Corradi

Get medieval on your haters: lessons from Beowulf and Chaucer | Psyche

Stories and literature

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Get medieval on your haters: lessons from Beowulf and Chaucer

by Irina Dumitrescu

Teenagers are going to sext, let’s teach them to do it safely | Psyche

Sex and sexuality

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Teenagers are going to sext, let’s teach them to do it safely

by Joris Van Ouytsel

What Aboriginal people know about the pathways of knowledge | Psyche

Ethnicity and culture

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What Aboriginal people know about the pathways of knowledge

by Stephen Muecke

The rise of the bystander as a complicit historical actor | Psyche

History

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The rise of the bystander as a complicit historical actor

by Dennis Klein

To heal emotional inflammation, let distress inspire change | Psyche

Emotion regulation

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To heal emotional inflammation, let distress inspire change

by Stacey Colino & Lise Van Susteren