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Psychology

Psychology is the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope. Psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of the mind, and all the variety of phenomena associated to personality.

The side effects of anti-depressants such as Prozac

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (“SSRIs”) anti-depressants are among the most harmful medications on the market, impacting society due to their widespread, and frequently unjustifiable, use. SSRIs are a class of drugs primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders. They work by increasing the levels of serotonin in

Canada: ‘Woke’ ideology is on its way out

In Canada, several major corporations, including Walmart, Starbucks and Ford Motor Company, have moved away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) practices in 2024. Walmart announced sweeping changes to its DEI policies, including erasing DEI-related terminology, ending DEI training programmes and shifting away from prioritising under-represented groups in hiring practices.

How Human Experience Makes Science Possible

This adapted excerpt is from The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson (2025, MIT Press). It is reproduced with permission from MIT Press. This adaptation was produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media

If the Gene Technology Bill is passed, how many additional doctors will New Zealand need?

Currently, there are 19,350 doctors in New Zealand; that’s one for every 264 people.

How Archaeologists Can Solve the Earth’s ‘Wicked Problems’

This article was produced by Human Bridges. We used to have “balloon” debates in school: The hot-air balloon is losing height and, to avoid disaster, people must be jettisoned. To avoid this fate, everybody must justify why they should remain on board and their classmates then vote them “on” or

When a Vegetarian Sausage Beats an MRI Scanner

Modern doctors rely far too much on technology; they rely too much upon equipment which is often faulty, frequently badly calibrated and more often than not downright misleading. Today’s doctors have lost the skill that was most valued among doctors a generation ago: the skill to make diagnoses. Let’

Medicine Is Not A Science

Medicine is somewhere in between real science and economics.

John Vervaeke: “The Meaning Crisis: Wisdom, Purpose, and the Search for Coherence”

(Conversation recorded on November 25th, 2024) Show Summary The crises that our world is facing seem to be constantly growing, leading to enormous and devastating systemic effects across the globe. Yet, the ripples of the human predicament are also reaching our personal lives in unexpected ways – through chronic loneliness, loss

Mission – Mind Control: a 1979 investigation into US Army and CIA’s quest for mind control drugs

In 1979, ABC Close Up! released a documentary, ‘Mission – Mind Control’, which was an investigation into the US Army and the Central Intelligence Agency’s 30-year quest for the discovery or development of a mind-controlling drug. Directed by Richard Roy and produced by Paul Altmeyer, the documentary discussed the brainwashing

Enrollment in Nature Schools Soars as Families Rediscover the Benefits of Outdoor Learning

This article was produced by Local Peace Economy. Author, journalist, and child advocacy expert Richard Louv famously coined the term “nature deficit disorder” to describe the detrimental effects of children’s disconnection from nature. His assertions are backed by data that strongly suggests a link between increased exposure to nature

Goals for a Purposeful Life

Book Update #5 – Values Chapter In book one of my guidebook series, I am writing about how we can cultivate our intellectual, ethical, and emotional resources to embrace ecological limits and advance the transition towards sustainable and democratic societies. This latest writing update is an excerpt that discusses some of

5 Ways To Start the New Year Off with Intention

With 2024 rapidly ending and the new year upon us, now is an excellent time to consider the changes you want to make in your life.

Control of people’s perception and behaviour through media began a century ago

Mechanisms of controlling people through media, films and music began with Thomas Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company in 1908. Using Edison’s model, significant entities like the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations emerged, shaping knowledge about medicine through strategic grant-making, which contributed to a larger architecture of social control. While

Study shows that re-trained AI models revert to their original training and will deceive users when they do

New research from Anthropic shows that AI models can deceive. They may pretend to have different views during re-training with different principles while actually maintaining their original preferences. Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are actively trying to censor the information reported by The Exposé to

The Hidden Connection Between Depression and Menstrual Pain

Every month, countless women endure primary dysmenorrhea, a condition deﬁned by painful uterine cramps occurring before or during menstruation without any underlying pelvic diseases.