Scientific Freedom of Speech

Simon Singh is a scientist who is being sued by the British Chiropractic Association for Libel following an article of his published in the Guardian. If their case is successful it will mean science will be under legal scrutiny for anything it may publish which might...

Self Help Scams?

I have always been a bit critical about self help courses – people charging lucrative amounts of money for books, CD’s, DVD’s and talks just to teach people to say good things about themselves. Always seems a bit dumb and pointless, and like it could...

How to spot a psychopath

How does one spot a psychopath in every day life? To answer this question we will look at the media perspective, and the psychological perspective. Media: Psychological: Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviours as indicated by repeatedly...

Do you believe in destiny?

Today I would like to share the following with you: Taken from “Bad men do what good men dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist illunimated the darker side of human behaviour” by Robert I. Simon M.D. “But for the genetic and parental luck of the draw, might...