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Exactly how bogus is psychiatry?
Incredibly.
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Josh Zlatkus
23
Household Conflicts Among Hunter Gatherers
And how a duplex solves everything
 • 
Rob Kurzban
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Josh Zlatkus
6
Curiosity
It's not just a rover.
 • 
Rob Kurzban
3

September 2024

Principles in the Dust
the psychological gems of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"
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Josh Zlatkus
2
Romantic Love
An explanation for that many-splendored thing.
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Rob Kurzban
9
What do therapists do with problems they can't solve?
Convert them into ones they can.
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Josh Zlatkus
5

August 2024

Oedipus Wrecks Havoc With Moral Judgment
Why are people guilty until proven innocent in the court of public opinion? Also, Dumbo.
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Rob Kurzban
9
Technology, Part IV: Artificial Solutions to Artificial Problems
If we have to live in a zoo, let's make it a nice one.
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Josh Zlatkus
12
The Feeling of the Need to Breathe
What a tragedy in the history of space travel tells us about the respiratory system.
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Rob Kurzban
3
Technology, Part III: A Fish Out of Water
What kinds of mismatch has technology created?
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Josh Zlatkus
6

July 2024

Sneezing. What is it good for?
And how pathogens are the OG hackers.
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Rob Kurzban
Technology, Part II: A Wrinkle in Time
Where’d it all go, the time technology was supposed to save us?
 • 
Josh Zlatkus
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