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Psychologists Say Self-Justification Chokes Love Out Of Relationship
In their book Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson describe how a fixation on our own righteousness ...
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Speeding Driver Gives Officer Questionable Excuse
When it comes to excuses, law enforcement officers tend to have heard them all. But recently two drivers came up with some novel excuses. When a driver ...
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Film 'Fences' Shows Rationalization for Sin
In the movie Fences (originally a play written by August Wilson), Denzel Washington plays Troy Maxson, a fifty-three year-old man who works for the sanitation ...
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Athletes Blame Woes on Defective Soccer Balls
During the 2002 Soccer World Cup, Adidas introduced their Fevernova soccer ball, which featured a new design that was supposed to make the ball follow ...
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Dad's Hilarious Excuse Notes for Kids
Seth King has become an internet sensation after his children's excuse notes made their way to the internet. King says, "I was probably writing ...
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App Fills Your Calendar So You Can Pretend To Be Busy
Your friend is moving Saturday. Are you free to help? The real answer is yes. The honest answer is no, because you're a human being and not a forklift. ...
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The Origin of 'Skin in the Game'
According to one story (which may be a legend), in the late 1960s, the now-iconic investor Warren Buffet pried seed money for his very first stock fund ...
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A College Speaker Proves Relativism Doesn't Work
Christian philosopher J.P. Moreland has written about an encounter with a student at the University of Vermont. Moreland was speaking in a dorm when a ...
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Research on the Harm of 'Small Cheaters'
Researcher Dan Ariely did a massive study to try and understand why some people lie, cheat, and steal. Ariely and his team went to college campuses and ...
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Italian Miner Avoids Work for 35 Years, Then Retires
You may not like your job, but I'm willing to bet that you're nowhere near as good at avoiding it as an Italian coal miner was recently revealed ...
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