Psychology

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The Media and Charlie Sheen

Monday, March 7th, 2011

If you haven’t noticed, everyone’s talking about Charlie Sheen.  It seems the media wants to destroy the man, and I find that bizarre.  I just finished reading an excellent article entitled The Cannibalization of Charlie Sheen, by Anthony Gregory.  The author brings out some important points, and I wanted to share them with all of [...]

Learning And Education

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

In past ages, warriors and hunters were considered the heroes in society.  In later ages it was the gods, the kings, and the priests.  Today, intellectuals and skilled artisans are the ones held in the highest esteem.  We may consider these things timeless, but I don’t believe that’s the case.  The current virtues of intelligence [...]

Stabilized Images And Blind Spots

Friday, February 18th, 2011

What is it that we see when we look out of our eyes onto the world?  Most of us believe that we’re directly seeing the image that light is forming as it comes into contact with our eyes.  What really happens is quite a bit more complicated than that.  I want to talk today about [...]

A Darwinian Theory Of Beauty

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

This is a TED talk with Dr. Denis Dutton discussing how we evolved our sense of beauty.   What I’ve always found fascinating about sexual selection is that it can lead to selection pressures toward higher intelligence, increased motor skills, and other more highly developed sensory organs.  In humans, it likely gave us wit, humor, our [...]

Using Evolutionary Psychology To Breakdown Pop Music

Friday, November 19th, 2010

I’d like to take some time and break down a pop song using evolutionary psychology.  Let’s use a song by Justin Bieber as an example.  Let’s try to get into the heads of listeners and learn why this sort of music is so popular. I just need somebody to love I, I don’t need too [...]

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