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December 5, 2023
The dangerous rift between open and classified research. # By Kate Brown
In 1987, a year after the Chernobyl accident, the US Health Physics Society met in Columbia, Maryland. Health physicists are scientists who are responsible for radiological protection at nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons plants, and hospitals. They are called on in cases of nuclear accidents. The conference’s keynote speaker came from the Department of Energy (DOE); the title of his talk drew on a sports analogy: “Radiation: The Offense and the Defense.
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November 21, 2023
What is the debate? 🥊 # According to epidemiological studies,1 the threshold for BMI is 20–21 kg m-2.
💥 yet 💥
We envision a world where BMI does not exist, and is not replaced with another size-based, anti-fat measure of health.2
What is the impulse behind movements like Health At Every Size2 and Intuitive Eating3?
Shape of the motivating story 🎭 # Suppose I have depression 😟. The only thing that fills that void in my heart is ice cream 🍨.
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November 14, 2023
Change Your Conversation, Change Your Relationship # Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) is not simple to learn. I’ve been seeing couples for almost six months; I feel like I’m just beginning to understand how to facilitate sessions. On the Facebook group, I recently asked, “How do tracking and courageous communication fit together? I mean, what does the intermediate stage look like where you are halfway between the two techniques?
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November 11, 2023
Introduction # A complex array of motivations drives dishonesty. They include: financial gain, self-preservation, social approval, ethical dilemmas, cognitive biases, and fear of punishment. Men are often more dishonest than women.1 Cultural and social factors also shape attitudes towards honesty.2
Dishonesty in a relationship creates several challenges:
Erosion of trust: Trust is a fundamental building block of any healthy relationship. When one party in the relationship is dishonest, it erodes the trust that the relationship has amassed over time.
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November 8, 2023
The math is way over my head, but I appreciate hearing from the guy that proposed Twistor theory.
Start with this short version:
Or
Here’s a longer interview:
October 26, 2023
This article was published in PARTS & SELF magazine and is reprinted here verbatim.
Richard Schwartz derived the Internal Family Systems (IFS) method through clinical experience. While many reports of positive outcomes attest to the method’s validity, IFS is seen by some as a somewhat separate and niche approach within the broader field of psychology. One way of placing IFS in a historical context is to look for theories of psychological evolution that hinge on the differentiation of Parts from a mono-mind.
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October 24, 2023
Original in de Volkskrant published 21 Oct 2023
By Anneke Stoffelen
A message from ‘ice man’ Wim Hof, this spring on Instagram: ‘Don’t worry about your fears. Embrace them!’ In the video you see the 64-year-old wellness guru stepping into an apparently icy lake in front of a brown rock. His gray hair drips in wet strands over his shoulders. “The fear of cold is logical,” says Wim Hof’s voice in the voiceover, while on screen he blows out short bursts of air above the water surface.
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October 23, 2023
I did a live demo of Internal Family Systems for the Church of Sacred Synthesis.
You may need to be a member to view the recording.
October 22, 2023
I wish I had known this in the 1990s.
October 20, 2023
Sapolsky, R. M. (2023). Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will. Penguin Press.
The Origins Podcast interview
