Exploring someone’s false beliefs and helping them change them Okay, so life coaching is like eating a Reese’s peanut butter cup, in that there is no right way to life coach someone. You can coach ...

Understanding how beliefs are formed and why they can be resistant to counter evidence is important in today’s polarized world, as views sharply diverge on issues ranging from vaccines to climate ...

The following quote is attributed to the Greek playwright, Aristophanes: “Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.” We all have ...

We all enter into romantic relationships with certain beliefs about how they’re supposed to work. Our first model comes from our parents, who taught us about relationships by showing us theirs. And if ...

New developmental psychology work has upended decades of research suggesting that children as young as 4 years old possess theory of mind. Having theory of mind means understanding how others think, ...

Why is the human brain so vulnerable to false beliefs and conspiracy theories despite evidence to the contrary? And what can be done to protect ourselves, our family, and society from our collective ...

Last week, I interviewed media scholar Daniel Kreiss about a paper he co-wrote with Shannon McGregor criticizing what I’d call the issue prioritization of polarization. Kreiss told me, “Polarization ...

The White House Renovation Is Underway. Next Up, a Presidential Yacht NYU Law School Clinic Attempting to Obtain Copyright for a Forest That Second Trump-Putin Summit ...

It has been said that if a lie is told often enough it is soon regarded as the truth. Truth is supposed to rely on objective, observable, documented facts. Some truths are really beliefs, such as the ...

A man who murdered his wife in front of their children held the “irrational belief” she was having an affair with his brother ...