Discussions: Yes, Arguments: No.

Some of us use these two words ‘Arguments’ and ‘Discussion’ interchangeably. Both involve individuals talking with one another and te...

How to Change Minds: 20 Persuasion Tricks

Perfection is hard to achieve in any walk of life and persuasion is no different. It relies on many things going just right at the cruc...

Twelve Virtues of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curi...

Relationships and Unrealistic Expectations

Every time we come into a relationship, we have a long list of conscious as well as unconscious expectations in our mind. Some come from the...

Stop Caring So Much About Being Right

The truth just sort-of floats there. If you try to grab it, it disappears. Every time you fight with someone, you hold strong to your ...

The winner of the day's arguments.

One day some wise men, who were going about the country trying to find answers to some of the great questions of their time, came to Mu...

How Your Brain Creates God

While many institutions collapsed during the Great Depression that began in 1929, one kind did rather well. During this leanest of tim...

How To Heal Yourself With Sunlight

The time when one’s immediate natural impulse on the first sunny spring day was to get outside and enjoy it is long gone. Only the ...