Dealing With Difficult People: Alternative Approaches

We all meet ‘difficult’ people. ‘Difficult’ is a subjective term, of course: very few people are considered to be ‘difficult’ by every...

Discussions: Yes, Arguments: No.

Some of us use these two words ‘Arguments’ and ‘Discussion’ interchangeably. Both involve individuals talking with one another and te...

Twelve Virtues of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curi...

Qualities of Highly Successful People

What is it that successful people have in common? What differentiates the extraordinary from the ordinary? What are the qualities that en...

Learn, Relax and Enjoy - 127

Hypocrite He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense objects in mind, he of deluded understanding is calle...

How Your Brain Creates God

While many institutions collapsed during the Great Depression that began in 1929, one kind did rather well. During this leanest of tim...