The hydrocarbon, butane, is colorless and odorless, but sulfurous additives give it a stench that’s almost objectively foul. Almost. To Munger, a neuroscientist who studies our chemical senses, the ...
Color perception and our sense of smell might sound like simple and straightforward processes, but scientific research points to something more happening behind the scenes in our brains. Our senses ...
Politeness is the result. The reason these validating remarks have such power is that they touch our sense of self. Your sense of self is an essential feeling you have about who you are and what ...
Why do we ignore common sense when it comes to Blacks in America? I remember reading an article on Shelby Steele, one of our nation’s most insightful writers on race relations, when he said ...