I took the Jung Typology Test, and it turns out I'm a ( Read more... )

babydoc3 talks about a Harvard study asking: "Is libertarianism a sign of mental illness"?

Call me crazy, but it seems the charge of insanity or mental illness has always been used to marginalize people disliked by the group doing the marginalizing. It was like that in Soviet Russia, with gay people in the USA in the 60s, and now...with people who don't ( Read more... )

Last thing I'm going to say about this subject. Promise. :)

( Why insulting people just doesn't work, like a high-school kid on Saturday morning. )

For some reason, I always find it a little, um, weird when people are crazily obsessed with something. Like anime fans who get tattoos of their favourite characters or celebrate their birthdays. I've heard of a friend of a friend, at least, who wanted to get married on Sailor Moon's birthday ( Read more... )

I've come to the realization that every single one of us has at least one deep, debilitating, personal flaw. (I'm talking about personality flaws, such as laziness, a bad temper, etc.)

There are no exceptions. None. And it's true no matter which standard you measure by. This also applies to businesses, countries, political systems etc ( Read more... )

Stuff I learnt from the six o'clock news today:

*Good on Obama for closing Guantamano Bay.
However, I hope the people there who are truly dangerous still remain behind bars. From what I can tell most of them will, but some will be sent home. Just make sure they're the right ones, please.
And...Hillary Clinton is working for Obama? That was news to ( Read more... )

I've realized it isn't really about politics, after all. The seven ideas that just drive me nuts, for some reason, are:

( What makes me tick. Or just ticked off. )

A very, very long time ago, I watched and enjoyed the movie A Beautiful Mind, starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. It quickly grew on me - not least because the soundtrack was composed by James Horner, and I listened to it over and over again. Including when I did my high school math homework. :D

One interesting issue the movie explored was ( Read more... )

When I look at the blogs of some of my friends, I can see very vocal political opinions. Sometimes, it delves into outright, venomous anger. This happens, of course, whether said friends happen to be liberal or conservative. But in general, the more politically active a friend is, the more times they get angry ( Read more... )

An interesting article by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, a self-described moderate liberal, regarding why sometimes it seems just plain old impossible for liberals and conservatives to understand each other ( Read more... )