Conclusions Gathering together all the ramblings and data we’ve gone through so far, we can now hopefully reach some useful insights on dealing with issues…
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The previous post related just a few examples I’ve personally experienced, of course. I’m sure there are many more psychological avoidance techniques which can be…
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What’s been written before is all fine and good, but these examples are also pretty clear-cut. Let’s try a slightly more ambiguous real-life situation. What…
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Parameters of the Experiment What are the real-life situations I’ve been involved in, where the reality of falsehood impacts violently with the potential for honesty?…
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Continue ReadingWomen, bad boys, blahblahblah: The Redux! part IV
Continuing from yesterday… Kakou Korakos I certainly agree with you that women are often societally trained to be too passive. Myself, I believe the answer…
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