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pil·gar·lic (pil gär′lik) noun 1. a bald head or a baldheaded man 2. a person regarded with mild contempt or feigned pity Origin: altered < pilled (peeled) garlic
Bering in Mind: Being Suicidal: What it feels like to want to kill yourself
In considering people’s motivations for killing themselves, it is essential to recognize that most suicides are driven by a flash flood of strong emotions, not rational, philosophical thoughts in which the pros and cons are evaluated critically. And, as I mentioned in last week’s column on the evolutionary biology of suicide, from a psychological science perspective, I don’t think any scholar ever captured the suicidal mind better than Florida State University psychologist Roy Baumeister in his 1990 Psychological Review article , “Suicide as Escape from the Self.” To reiterate, I see Baumeister’s cognitive rubric as the engine of emotions driving deCatanzaro’s biologically adaptive suicidal decision-making. There are certainly more recent theoretical models of suicide than Baumeister’s, but none in my opinion are an improvement. The author gives us a uniquely detailed glimpse into the intolerable and relentlessly egocentric tunnel vision that is experienced by a suicidal person.
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Reblogged from urlesque
A baby sloth clings to the side of its bed on Feb. 5 at the Jaguar Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica.
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"In 2005, a survey was conducted in thirty-four countries measuring the percentage of adults who accept evolution. The United States ranked thirty-third, just above Turkey. Meanwhile, high school students in the United States test below those of every European and Asian nation in their understanding of science and math. These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."
Reblogged from contemplatingmadness
Sam Harris - Letter to a Christian Nation (via contemplatingmadness)
