Category Archives: Psychology

Quiet

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

This is a review of Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (2012). Being an introvert in almost every way, I wasn’t expecting to learn too much about my own behavior from the … Continue reading →

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INTP

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

I stumbled upon the Myers-Briggs type indicator a long time ago, obtaining the result INTP. At the time I thought it was just another personality test on the Internet, but last week I heard one of my apartment-mates using his INTJ … Continue reading →

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Is the Virtual World Really An Escape from Reality?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Or are they on a collision course? The Role-Creating World One of the most popular and successful genres of gaming is the role-playing game (RPG). In an RPG, the player is a character in a usually fantasy world, and is … Continue reading →

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White Moves First, and Other Deeply Ingrained Facts

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

In my Math 2240 discussion section last week, I played my first game of chess in nearly two months. It felt like it had been forever since I last played chess. But considering how much I used to play it, … Continue reading →

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Sleep Deprivation Is Totally Not a New Phenomenon

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

“If they had not been overcome with drowsiness they would have performed something. The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a hundred millions … Continue reading →

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My Mirror Behavior

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

One of the coolest things about college is all the new and fascinating people you meet. This probably has greatly to do with the diversity of American universities. The Cornell freshman class, for instance, has students from every state except … Continue reading →

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Superproductivity: Based on Having Distractions?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Are you able to read this entire post while being distracted? This article is based on my novel-writing experience in the last few days. For each of the four days before yesterday I wrote 1700-1900 words. Then yesterday, I suddenly … Continue reading →

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