psychology

It’s near dusk, and the parkland seems to be full of Cooper’s hawks. At one point on the path, a large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead…

A physics professor at M.I.T., Max Tegmark, made an extraordinary claim recently: “It is inappropriate to define our Hot Big Bang as the beginning of time, because we don’t know…

“Tread down my need, and faith mounts up; keep my need up, and faith is trodden down!” – Shakespeare, King John

On one hand, most neuroscientists now say, “our sense of self is a neuronal illusion.” On the other, they say, “But we make our own purposes, and they’re real.” They…

I’m struck by how many people these days believe they can create their own reality, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It’s become a national pastime in narcissistic America, and…

Psychology, as a discipline and as a healing profession, has become a grab bag of inchoate and often incoherent theories, philosophies, and treatments. It is fair and necessary to ask:…