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September 12, 2022

Why do we mourn people we don’t know?

Even though the queen may not have been part of our immediate family, many of us have “grown up” with her....

September 11, 2022

Grey Hair? Don’t Care!

On Instagram, the hashtag #greyhairdontcare has been used more than 500,000 times. On TikTok, the popularity of grey hair is growing fast: The same hashtag has 138.9 million views....

September 10, 2022

Say Goodbye to the Information Age: It’s All About Reputation Now

"Kung pinaniniwalaan ng idol ko, siguro totoo": The vastly increased access to information and knowledge we have today does not empower us or make us more cognitively autonomous. Rather, it renders us more dependent on other people’s judgments and evaluations....

September 09, 2022

Believing Without Evidence is Always Morally Wrong

We have the moral responsibility not to pollute the well of collective knowledge. 'Our words, our phrases, our forms and processes and modes of thought’ become ‘common property’. Adding false beliefs is immoral because everyone’s lives ultimately rely on this vital, shared resource....

September 08, 2022

When Tragedy Becomes Banal: Why News Consumers Experience Crisis Fatigue

Covid, war, crime, new illnesses, "pag bugbog-sarado sa bad news", what to do, how to help a crisis-fatigued people....

September 07, 2022

The Way Home from Homeopathy

I think a lot about my mother’s recurring question: “What is the harm?” Directly confronting patients about beliefs like homeopathy can cause them to dig in their heels or feel helpless, which can exacerbate their conditions....

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