Tag: Psychology

  • Aporia: The Emotional Process

    by Jason Stotts Aporia (ἀπορɛία): an impasse, puzzlement, doubt, or confusion; a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. Aporia’s are a chance for me to try to work through a philosophical problem.  I do it in writing because writing helps me think more clearly.  I do…

  • Assorted News

    by Jason Stotts 1. You May be More Transparent than you Think  One study from Duke University estimated that habits, rather than conscious decision-making, shape 45 percent of the choices we make every day, and recent discoveries have begun to change everything from the way we think about dieting to how doctors conceive treatments for…