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You may have noticed that I have been somewhat absent the past few weeks – lo siento! I have been insanely busy with writing the last few papers for my Master’s. I’m done, now, though! Finally. As I shared a while back, I handed in my Master’s thesis proposal. My supervisor was excited and enthusiastic about my proposed research! While writing those last few papers I got more and more anxious to get started. To refresh your memory (or to enlighten you, if you’ve been confused by my recent tweets :p), I am...
read moreUnwind: Could Retroactive Abortion Work?
Recently I researched Neal Shusterman’s novel titled Unwind, and in particular, the concept of restroactive abortion for harvesting organs. I critically assessed whether this concept could be a solution for the worldwide shortage of donated organs. Current solutions that are offered at the moment are the concept of “presumed consent”, where the state assumes you will donate your organs at death, unless you have explicitly stated otherwise. This is only used in a few countries in Europe, but other countries are considering...
read moreDid You Know Psychology – The Collection
Some time ago, I started a series called the “Did You Know” series. These posts are all about a certain psychological topic, and shed some light about interesting, funny or just plain weird phenomena. To make these easier to browse, I thought it would be nice to collect them in one place, so here they are! The Did You Know Series DYK #1: How to overcome a problem DYK #2: Interpreting dreams DYK #3: Smoking while Pregnant DYK #4: Just-World Fallacy DYK #5: Phobias DYK #6: Tetris a cure? DYK #7: Which works better, standardized or...
read moreHow to Build an Online Audience
I took a year-long break from blogging – not proud of it, but I had to recharge. Before I took my break, I blogged about 4-5 times a week for about a year (yeah, no wonder I got a blogging-block). Back then I was always quite concerned with my website audience, and often checked my Google Analytics. Actually, I had a little plugin for my Google Chrome that would keep me up to date of my numbers all the time. I was a little obsessed. Then, my break. I didn’t even look at the website for a while. When I returned a year later, I...
read moreOn Life, Thesis & Orchids
I haven’t shared an update on myself for some time and I probably should. I sent in my thesis proposal last week and I’m crazy excited about it. It’s cultural criminological and focuses on “society” as a whole, so it’s very macro. This is my research question: How do dystopian science fiction films discuss developments in formal social control in late modernity? I’m going to have to watch about 70 dystopian science fiction movies, relate them to real-life developments in … formal social control....
read moreGlobal Drugs Trafficking #4: Distribution of Heroin and Cocaine
This is the fourth and last installment series on the Global Drugs Trafficking. Before, we discussed the basics of drug trade (Discover the Trade, pt. 1), how organic drugs are grown (How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies, pt. 2), and how the drugs are produced (How Heroin, Cocaine and Meth are Produced, pt. 3). Today, we’ll discuss the distribution of the drugs. After production, the drugs need to be distributed around the world. As is usual for the posts I write on drug trafficking, my source is the UNODC World Drugs Report...
read moreSpirit Series: Soulless Medical Trials Example: Resident #429, Tokyo
Added to Global Health Care Alliance Cloud on July 7, 2133 by Koizumi, Y.M., M.D. (click to enlarge image) This is part of a blog series that introduces the world of Spirit. These are bits and pieces of news, blogs, diary entrances, files and charts, of when the human race ran out of souls. Curious for more? At least every two weeks more will be reveiled. You can discuss Spirit on Twitter or other social media with hashtag...
read more10 Things You Should Know About Psychology
10. Psychology is the study of mind and behavior Psychology is the study of mental processes and behavior. The term comes from the Greek word psyche meaning “breath” , ” spirit” and ” soul”. The -logy part is derived from logia, meaning “study of.” It emerged from biology and philosophy and is closely linked to other disciplines such as sociology, medicine, linguistics and anthropology. 9. Psychology offers a range of career options Just a few of the possible career options...
read moreSpirit Series: The Day Souls Ran Out
Entrance Logged on January 3, 2123. Written by S.G. Giuliard, Ph.D., in Paris, France. It is estimated the last child with a soul was born in June, 2103. The human population had just reached the summit of 10 billion people. Apparently, there is no limitless amount of souls available to humanity. Souls ran out. Since June 2103, no human child has been born with a soul. They were soulless. No one knew, though. How can you ever suspect a child of not having a soul? We began to suspect, however, as time passed. First, it seemed merely like a...
read moreHow to Survive the 21st Century: Mass Media
Mass media are fooling you. Yes, it’s true. It is, it’s constantly, horribly fooling you. And you’re probably not even aware of it. Mass media guides your knowledge of the world, taints it, even. It shows you only part of reality, the part the news editors want you to see. Mass media tells you only what they think you want to know. Why? Murder, for instance, is not as common a crime as you’d think. Petty theft is so much more common, but it isn’t interesting, people don’t care about it. Murder appeals to...
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