The ‘anti-self-help’ guide by fake doctor – Matt Leichty. Many people have come to me over the years, at least half of them willingly, and most not under sedation. And of that half, some of those people have serious problems, and of those people, many of them do not know that I haven’t the faintest idea what I can do for them. None.
It is 1800. Jenny Tinker arrives in New York with her father, Sam. The Tinkers are English. They’re starting a new life in America. They want a farm, but they haven’t got any money. What can they do?
Scientific American Mind - The joy of telling lies (№2/2005)
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A brand new magazine from the editors of Scientific American takes you inside the most riveting breakthroughs in psychology, neuroscience and related fields.
True Lies “Did you call him yet?” my boss asked. We were under pressure to finish a big editorial project, and the phone call was key to crucial details. I replied refl exively, without thinking: “I haven’t reached him yet.” My boss’s eyes f ashed. “Wait a minute,” he said impatiently. “You tried him and you didn’t get through, or you haven’t called yet at all?” Whoops. I admitted that, in fact, I hadn’t called. Since then, I have often wondered what made me respond so evasively.
What flitted by at the end of the street, just beyond the farthest street lamp?
From earliest times, tales of the restless dead and their fellow travelers have terrified mankind. Whether around a remote campfire or in the middle of a bustling city, the unquiet spirits and attendant creatures that have tormented humanity since the prehistoric darkness haven’t gone away – they still have the power to strike fear in our hearts.
