How to Overcome Bad Habits
Human feelings, thoughts, and behavior are a result of the complex and dynamic connections between our brain, ego,…
Psychology
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Micro Expressions: The Truth Is in the Face
Have you ever seen someone who, for a split second, looked happy when they weren’t supposed to? What…
Nature vs. Nurture – Between Being Born With It or Being Taught To Be It
One of the classic questions psychologists have asked regarding human behavior is whether our behaviors are innate or…
The Nature of Change – Exchange of Letters with My Future Self
To my future self, I think we are all searching for something in our lives. No one seems…
Creativity as a Process of Reliance in God
No two consecutive generations in human history have ever lived under the same circumstances. The innovation of new…
Antisocial Personality Disorder
His scores are dropping. He does not attend most of the classes. He does not like any of…
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and Skepticism
What is Skepticism? Skepticism, loosely defined, is the idea that one can never be certain about any piece…
Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway: A Different Perspective
Looking at Virginia Woolf’s contemplations of characters in “Mrs. Dalloway” and Said Nursi’s ruminations on profound inner struggles,…
The Psychology of Morality
When the captain of a sunken ship commands the lowest ranking crew member among the survivors in the…
Jefferson’s Qur’an
Thomas Jefferson occupies a special space among the Founding Fathers as the principal author of the Declaration of…
Are You Alone?
Loneliness is a serious public health concern, akin to both obesity and smoking. Why is it not treated…
Interview with the Two Brain Lobes
If you want to know why some of us are so poetic, while others are strictly straightforward, then…
Addiction of Status
Though less known than drug addictions, status addiction can cause serious harm to individuals and society. One of…
The Philosophy of Science
Science deals with descriptions of phenomena;, it does not deal with the explanation of matters beyond. Explanation is…
Dispersing Hopelessness from the Depressive Thoughts: Is There Any Way?
Depression is a major medical illness that causes feelings of dispassion and lessens productivity in individuals. It is…