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You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter…

Posted on29/07/2013AuthorEclectic Moose2 Comments

I started this blog post a while back when I first heard the expression “you can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter”. It got me thinking about all the ways (as human beings) we delude ourselves and others, so much so Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, General, Health, Politics, Psychology, SocietyTagsdelusion, ignorance, perpetuating, self delusion, Turd

The manufactured self and the illusion of meaning

Posted on12/11/201217/11/2012AuthorEclectic Moose8 Comments

The more I practise as a psychologist, the less I’m convinced that humans are everything we think we are. In fact, I’m more and more sure that we’re a walking bundle of illusion. This notion has been worrying me lately, because the fact that we Read More …

CategoriesGeneral, PsychologyTagsillusion, meaning, self, self concept, self delusion

How ‘feedback loops’ regulate human behaviour

Posted on05/11/2012AuthorEclectic Moose11 Comments

This week, I’m typing in pain. A little mountain biking crash on the weekend has left me with some very bruised ribs. The last few days of responding to my pain has got me thinking about something that I’ve been thinking about for some time, Read More …

CategoriesGeneral, PsychologyTagsbehaviour, behaviour change, feedback loop, human, punishment, reinforcement, reward, self delusion

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