We all know Maslow's famous Hierarchy of Needs. But do we know about the Blackfoot way of life that inspired him to develop it? This post shares what Maslow learned from the Blackfoot and how their way of life may offer us a way forward as we wrestle with our civilizational assumptions.
In Dr Strangelove, a 1964 film by Stanley Kubrick, the eponymous character apparently has alien hand syndrome as he can't stop himself from doing the Nazi salute
What colors in nature increase attraction, why do most of us like blue (and what is the least popular color), and how does intelligent use of color contribute to our health and quality of life? The surprising science behind the colors
Some favorite shows and movies depict awful diseases, viruses, disorders, and other maladies. More than a few of those illnesses are based on real science.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2002 was divided equally between Daniel Kahneman "for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty" and Vernon L. Smith "for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms"