Dr. Dave
How Do Decisions Ever Get Made?
Submitted by Dr. Dave on August 28, 2019
Image by Oberholster Venita from http://Pixabay.com Sometimes you will be faced with hard choices: which few classes to take in your very last term in ... Read more
How To Think Two Thoughts At Once
Submitted by Dr. Dave on July 25, 2019
Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com Your mental life involves a lot of different kinds of thoughts. You can make decisions about what to do, ... Read more
Self-Deprecation
Submitted by Dr. Dave on July 18, 2019
Image by hansiline from http://Pixabay.com SELF-DEPRECATION is one of seven basic character flaws or “dark” personality traits. We all have the potential for some self-doubt and social ... Read more
What Things Turn Into
Submitted by Dr. Dave on May 17, 2019
Image by GLady from http://Pixabay.com Sometimes things come full circle In ways, we're all driven. Driven in ways that surpass motivation. Driven by forces we ... Read more
How To Tell The Difference Between Persuasion And Manipulation
Submitted by Dr. Dave on September 5, 2018
http://pixabay.com Calling someone manipulative is a criticism of that person’s character. Saying that you have been manipulated is a complaint about having been treated badly. ... Read more
How To Have A Conscious Rant
Submitted by Dr. Dave on July 2, 2018
http://pixabay.com The point of a conscious rant is to defuse overloaded or potentially harmful reactivity in a way that hurts no one, including ourselves. In ... Read more
Rationalization
Submitted by Dr. Dave on May 4, 2018
http://pixabay.com Why Moral and Philosophical Disagreements Are Especially Fertile Grounds for Rationalization … your intelligence, vigilance, and academic expertise very likely doesn't do much to ... Read more
Signs Someone Is Passive Aggressive
Submitted by Dr. Dave on January 17, 2018
http://pixabay.com First let me say there are times when passive aggressiveness (PA) is a coping mechanism. In an oppressive work environment, smiling and pretending to ... Read more
Is Pain Bad Because Of Its Raw Subjective Feel?
Submitted by Dr. Dave on August 26, 2017
http://pixabay.com I want to consider three arguments that pain is not bad because of its raw feel. If it is bad, it is because of ... Read more
Death, The After-Life And Unfinished Business
Submitted by Dr. Dave on July 21, 2017
http://pixabay.com Some interesting research and thoughts of Past Life Therapy, memory processes and transition. ***** Every past life we have had ended in death. Each ... Read more