The Curious Observer
Observations on human behavior, culture, and the science beneath.
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Heads I'm Right, Tails I'm Unlucky
Two 1979 gambles catch most people in a plain contradiction — and a separate, quieter body of research shows almost nobody expects it to be them.
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The List Behind the Smile
A meme shows a smiling man with an invisible list of worries scrolling behind him. What's actually going on underneath it is more specific than "men don't open up."
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Not All Humans Are WEIRD
Most psychology research comes from about 12% of the world's population. What happens when you go looking outside that slice — starting with fatherhood?
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The Quiet Half
The biology of fatherhood starts shifting before the baby ever arrives — but only in proportion to what a father actually does.
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The Book You Didn't Write
Where do our values actually come from — and did we choose any of them?
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The Defense Attorney in Your Head
Why moral arguments typically fail — and what it reveals about how we actually form our convictions.