There is something very worrying going on in modern western societies. There is a demonization and intolerance of those who have moderate and perfectly acceptable, however, differing political views. Persecution for your Group Identify We all have various different identities. We have an individual identity, plus we belong to various group identities. Example, group identities;…
Opinions, everybody has them, and some are better than others. In this article I dig into how those opinions are formed, and why so many opinions are wrong. Objective Truth, Facts & Opinions The facts and opinion hierarchy is very important to the formation of opinion. Are the facts at the bottom, or the opinion?…
Most people want to simplify things down to a basic and perhaps more actionable cause or reason. Is it better to simplify things, or to look for the complexity of the situation, person, or event? I personally believe that one of the major problems and causes of issues and conflicts is seeing things without…
Looking into the psychology and motivations of those who are vaccinated, and those who are none-vaccinated, and generally have vaccine hesitancy. I want to explore this situation and give reasons why I don’t support mandatory vaccinations. Also, why there is hesitancy by many, not just to the vaccines, but the motivations of those pushing and…
This article is mostly about using psychology and philosophy to improve and evolve the human species, genuinely being progressive. As-well as psychology it also includes other forms of knowledge and understandings. The types of societal improvements I’m talking about are, reducing conflicts, prejudices and divisions between groups of people in-order to actually progress humanity. Learning…
How does a pandemic like the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) affect people’s psychology, general attitudes and motivations? When difficult times arise you often get to see people’s true nature, both the good, and the bad. We all have survival instincts including fight or flight responses, these instincts kick in to overdrive when such an event like…
Socrates is one of the greatest and most well known of the Greek philosophers, along with Plato and Aristotle. This article looks into some of Socrates ideas on achieving happiness, and also on why people perform evil acts. I also add my own interpretations and thoughts into this article. Socrates believed that most people who…
Almost everyone seems to be searching for comfort, contentment and happiness in their lives, but when achieved, does it breed mediocrity, or perhaps something worse? Many people would of heard the quote “Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters”. I can say from personal experience that when I have been the most content in life,…
What are the motivations of the climate change protesters (extinction rebellion), looking into the psychology, personality traits, plus what’s really going on inside their distorted minds? On the surface their motivations seem obvious, virtuous and for a good cause. Do these people really think their motivations are pure, selfless and for a good cause? Yes,…
Why do people adopt politically correct (PC), far leftist or social justice warrior (SJW) type views? Is there a reason for this, social, societal or reasons that are connected to innate temperamental/personality traits? Why People Adopt Politically Correct Views? The reason is very simple. Politically correct views are seen as more intelligent, more moral and…