Moonlit Minds

The Psychologist on stigma, statistics and S&M

Splendid comment to yesterday’s news on social media increasing social isolation. Showing how you can make “news” out of everything by changing data or choosing the one to expose… As @SignalPatterns commented on Twitter: “Many people cling to correlations and neglect causality”. And the result is: “as if” science

Secrets of Truly Effective Affirmation Techniques http://ff.im/-18VLn
From the article: “The affirmation must be believable to the subconscious mind.” – and that is why they usually fail… Good article. Saved as note to myself