Here is something I wrote last December but submitted a little late for publication before Christmas. I made some minor changes and tried again this year. I was lucky enough to have it published in the Montreal Gazette and in the Financial Post (my first time in a national publication!) on December 18, 2008. It [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Segregation
Us versus Them… From time to time you will notice how themes keep coming back again throughout my posts. That’s because I believe we are not very complicated creatures. We just appear so. In reality, human nature appears complex because there are an infinite number of combinations and permutations that can manifest themselves as a result of [...]
Infidelity’s opposing forces
A colleague once remarked that humans were not biologically made to be monogamous. Hmm…an interesting issue. I would say yes and no. I think there are two mechanisms in human nature that clash. One contributes to infidelity while the other favours monogamy. They both have to do with the survival of the species. The first, [...]
Knowing the limits of knowledge
I used to teach a class at McGill called “Advanced study in behavioural disorders.” It was a course that gave students a chance to get some fieldwork experience in their final undergraduate year. Each year I would tell students the following in their first class: “When you don’t know something, you don’t know something. When [...]
