Science

In my youth, I have dabbled a bit in the study of human attraction. I've always been fascinated with how complex...

"The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not...

The site Jezebel reports that a week ago, a man has slashed a woman's neck after she refused to talk to...

We have at least once in our lifetime, met a weird but fascinating character. They sometimes may be extremely annoying but...

If a person wants to take openness to new ideas to its logical conclusion, she will not end up being gullible or credulous. Rather, she will be a skeptic. True open-mindedness is not the same as accepting assertions without critical consideration. In fact, believing claims without being critical of them results in having a closed mind.

TRIGGER WARNING: This article or section, or pages it links to, contain information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be...

I commute to work on a daily basis. I wake up at around 6:00 AM to make sure that I arrive...

Words are powerful. By a careful choice of words I can gain a certain degree of control over your mind, and consequently your behavior. Because of their power, words must be used with care. To abuse words is to endanger people. This fact, though true in general, is most acutely felt in the case of scientific terms.

Eli Soriano of "Ang Dating Daan" promoted the hashtag #EvolutionHasNoPurpose. He's right. Evolution doesn't have a purpose. The word "purpose" is both...