by jmalouff | Jun 1, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior
I read that many people dislike these words: moist, bulbous, fester, mucous, vomit. I did a Facebook-pal survey of disliked words and found a huge variety, including discharge, phlegm, and unpack [as in unpack an idea]. Some of the folks I asked dislike filler terms...
by jmalouff | Jun 1, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior
I watched a Netflix series called Stranger Things. It features a mysterious underground monster, nefarious government officials, and appealing teens. I had my own strange experience in a park in an Armidale (NSW) park a few weeks ago. I went to the park after work to...
by jmalouff | Apr 8, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Personality
Several weeks ago I tried to climb up a mountain to the Needle (a massive point of solid rock) on Cook Island. I planned for an early start, but I missed the place to get out of the bus closest to the start of the trail. So I had to walk 30 minutes to reach the...
by jmalouff | Apr 7, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior
You may have read about the man in India who is suing his parents for bringing him into the world without his consent. He wants $1 in damages. This man is an antinatalist — someone who believes that it is wrong for humans to reproduce. A friend of mine is also...
by jmalouff | Apr 7, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Problem solving, Social psychology, Work
I learned about bullies at the same time I learned about algebra. When I reached six feet tall in year 9, schoolyard bullies stopped bothering me. I enjoyed life without bullies. Little did I know that bullying would return to my life in the workplace. The first time...
by jmalouff | Apr 6, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology, Well-Being
You have heard of a bucket list? This is a list of what a person wants to do before kicking the bucket. No one knows the source of the expression “kicking the bucket.” One possibility is that it comes from the Middle-Ages execution of individuals who had to stand on...