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Jun 16
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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Research Shocker: The Power Pose Does Not Work!

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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Social Constructionism Exposed as Drivel-Yet Again

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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The Smell of Power: Disgust and Voting Patterns

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 evolut...

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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 no...

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