Christmas: A Literature Review
Christmas is the time of year when the normal rules of life are abandoned. Even though this Christmas will be different, the same spirit...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
Who Bought All the Toilet Roll?
Following the fast spread of COVID-19 across Europe and North America in March 2020, many people began stockpiling commodities including...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
Research Shocker: The Power Pose Does Not Work!
This web site is not afraid to tackle the big issues. The concept of power posing -- think of a Wonder Woman stance -- gained popularity...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 19, 2018
- 1 min
Over 2,000 Years of Thought On One Page
If only I got this sooner I need not had bothered with my philosophy degree! Thought this info graphic was worth sharing though.
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Phil Harris
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Social Constructionism Exposed as Drivel-Yet Again
Whenever someone starts to quote post-modernism / social construction theory to me, I point them in the direction of Alan Sokal. In the...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 11, 2018
- 1 min
Amazing Optical Illusion
I love optical illusions and the fault lines they reveal in the human brain. This is a really good one. Stare hard at this image above,...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 20, 2018
- 3 min
The Smell of Power: Disgust and Voting Patterns
In lectures and training on human development, people are often intrigued when I discuss Johnathan Haidt's research that links the...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 16, 2017
- 1 min
The Quantum Physics of Halloween
Just for fun, a leading mathematician explains why ghosts can't walk through walls, vampires do not exists but zombies do.... click here.
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Phil Harris
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
Spurious Connections
A recent conversation with a colleague reminded me of this great website that reminds us of the first law of research. Correlation is...
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