Posted on March 3, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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I kvetch about the bossman putting a squeeze on our hours, take a gander at an article exposing the myths of VARK, and explore the wondrous world of undersea science. Sources https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-myth-of-learning-styles?utm_source=pocket-newtab https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/diving/aquarius/aquarius.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEALAB
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, Corporate, Learning Styles, Myths, Neil Fleming, NOAA, Oceanography, Pop Psych, Science, UPS, VARK
Posted on December 6, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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Are you a self centered, passive aggressive, jealous caricature? Inc Magazine is here to help. And I’m here to poke fun at taking caricatures seriously. (Note: It’s not that bad of an article but there’s plenty of commentary to be made based on how…
Posted on August 23, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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I just received an issue of Vanity Fair as a free gift for my subscription to The New Yorker. I discuss some of the articles therein and do a series of riffs on various topics including those found in my most recent essay: Pop Psych…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Critiques, Discipline, Evolutionary Psychology, Joint Venture, Pop Psych, Psychedelics, Social Commentary, Vanity Fair, Vlogs
Posted on August 22, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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One of my favorite articles on this topic is David J. Ley’s ‘No, Dopamine is not addictive.’Which is published in Psychology Today. There are however deeper and more complex perils at play in the age of information. The reason that I find the aforementioned…
Posted on February 22, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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One of the biggest problems in society is oversimplification. With better tech and more information we’re doing it more and quicker than ever before – with ‘sciencey’ words like ‘Dopamine.’ While Dopamine is a real neurotransmitter, the way that it’s implicated in absolutely everything…
Tag: Pop Psych
TFS 25 – Down with the Man, Learning Style Myths, and Aquarius Underwater Laboratory
Posted on March 3, 2020 by Alex V. Weir
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I kvetch about the bossman putting a squeeze on our hours, take a gander at an article exposing the myths of VARK, and explore the wondrous world of undersea science. Sources https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-myth-of-learning-styles?utm_source=pocket-newtab https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/diving/aquarius/aquarius.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEALAB
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, Corporate, Learning Styles, Myths, Neil Fleming, NOAA, Oceanography, Pop Psych, Science, UPS, VARK
3 Signs That Pop Psych is Caricaturizing People Again
Posted on December 6, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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Are you a self centered, passive aggressive, jealous caricature? Inc Magazine is here to help. And I’m here to poke fun at taking caricatures seriously. (Note: It’s not that bad of an article but there’s plenty of commentary to be made based on how…
Category: Humor, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Goofs, Ideas, Inc Magazine, Pop Psych
Fractal Radio| Episode 9 – Jointly Venturing into Vanity Fair
Posted on August 23, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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I just received an issue of Vanity Fair as a free gift for my subscription to The New Yorker. I discuss some of the articles therein and do a series of riffs on various topics including those found in my most recent essay: Pop Psych…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Critiques, Discipline, Evolutionary Psychology, Joint Venture, Pop Psych, Psychedelics, Social Commentary, Vanity Fair, Vlogs
Pop Psych Perils
Posted on August 22, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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One of my favorite articles on this topic is David J. Ley’s ‘No, Dopamine is not addictive.’Which is published in Psychology Today. There are however deeper and more complex perils at play in the age of information. The reason that I find the aforementioned…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Essays, Evolutionary Psychology, Pop Psych, Social Commentary
TFJ Vlogs – DOPE! – Stop Saying Dopamine…
Posted on February 22, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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One of the biggest problems in society is oversimplification. With better tech and more information we’re doing it more and quicker than ever before – with ‘sciencey’ words like ‘Dopamine.’ While Dopamine is a real neurotransmitter, the way that it’s implicated in absolutely everything…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Folk Wisdom, Paradigms, Pop Psych, Pseudo Science, Public Discourse, Social Commentary
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