How not to fool yourself 101Fooling yourself is a very human phenomenon. It’s something you see across domains and across segments of varying scientific literacy.
We fool ourselves because from an evolutionary perspective, for the longest time, we were unable to influence our external world. If you can’t influence the world around you, the “sour grapes” line of reasoning is more productive.
Read MoreThe Most Respectful Interpretation Consider this situation: You email a colleague with a question expecting a prompt response, but hours or days later you’ve yet to hear from them. Perhaps you can’t move forward on your project without their input so you find yourself blocked. How do you imagine you feel in this situation?
Read moreA practical guide to reducing loneliness.This Medium article I came across hits a bit close to home for me, so I thought I'd share.
"Feel alone? Turns out, you’re not as alone as you think. According to a survey from October 2020, 60% of American millennials experience loneliness regularly during COVID-19.
Unfortunately, the loneliness epidemic won’t go away when COVID-19 ends.
In fact, COVID-19 simply accelerated realities that we would have encountered anyway — including widespread loneliness." Read more The great perils of social interaction.If an alien ever immigrated to Earth, he’d be a social disaster.
He’d try his hardest to learn by observing how humans behave, but it wouldn’t be easy—he’d see someone ask a stranger for a cigarette and he’d go ask for a sip of someone’s latte. He’d see a couple kissing on the street and he’d go try to kiss the policeman on the corner. He’d stare. He’d get food all over his alien face. And when he got tired, he’d lie down on the sidewalk.
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