Psychological and Sociological issues

A total psychopath and a serious threat to his ex...

Some leftist dumbass told me that western countries got rich by what they "stole" from others and that we cannot tell other countries how to manage themselves, because we have a large number of people on anti-depressants. He clearly did not check to see who was on anti-depressants or he might have avoided the allegation... 🙄

Does any specific group of people come to mind?

Single genetic mutation linked to mental illness

“The finding contradicts the general consensus on the polygenic origin of mental disorders. Until now, clinicians have considered that these diseases arise from the interaction of multiple factors, including genetic ones. This study demonstrates for the first time that a mutation...See more

Just like intelligence, aggressiveness is HIGHLY HERITABLE

Says this genetic study from MIT from 2014, so this is not new: https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn_a_00592 The study is discussed by one of the authors in this article in The...See more

We read words, not letters - but only after we learned to read the words correctly!

As I've heard the comment several times now, let me add that this effect sets in once people are really fluent readers - they learned how to read the words letter by letter - which is what we need to do for every new word we are not familiar with. The effect of recognizing familiar words as an entity sets in after this learning phase. That means that it was a huge mistake to try to teach children to "learn entire words" instead of teaching them to read the letters, first.

We are at that stage...