Monthly Archives: May 2015

Do I need to take a pill?

(SVP, voir plus bas pour une version Française) An article in the paper two weeks ago quoted a researcher who claimed that 98% of anti-depressants and other psychiatric medication prescriptions could be stopped with no ill effects. As much as I agree that they can sometimes be over-prescribed, I certainly don’t think his statement makes [...]

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The golden rule 2.0

THE GOLDEN RULE 2.0 (svp, voir plus bas pour la version Française) The golden rule is nice – Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Unfortunately, just like any advice, what may be good for one person can be a pretty bad for someone else. The rule of moral reciprocity is [...]

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Why is that cop following me?

WHY IS THAT COP FOLLOWING ME? (svp voir plus bas pour la version Française) If a police officer were walking toward you, would you run? Clearly not. Most of us would never take off no matter how scared we were. We would never want to give the police officer a reason to believe we had [...]

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