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Suckers and Saints: How We Rationalize Being Wimpy | Newsweek Voices - Wray Herbert | Newsweek.com
People can't stand the idea of being a fool; it's cognitively intolerable. So they mentally "reframe" the situation to make their behavior not only acceptable but superior: They moralize ...
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/151158
Companies Sell 'Holy Water' | Newsweek BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller | Newsweek.com
Religion-themed bottled water. Spiritual Water, the company that makes the products in the photo, sells them under ten different Christian-themed labels. Other companies use Hindu themes....
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/74380
Happiness: Enough Already | Newsweek Culture | Newsweek.com
The push for ever-greater well-being is facing a backlash, fueled by research on the value of sadness.
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/107569/page/1
Science: Is Morality Natural? | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com
Some research on the connections between the "hard wiring" of our brains and our ideas about what's moral and immoral. It's worth reading the whole thing. This is the story Caitlin M. bro...
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/158760
Living in Junk Food County | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com
Why many rural Americans can't get nutritious foods: limited availability of healthy food and poverty. On top of that, because of their poverty, they're in fear of hunger.
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/76929
The Truth About Denial | Newsweek.com
Outside Hollywood, Manhattan and other habitats of the chattering classes, the denial machine is running at full throttle—and continuing to shape both government policy and public opinion.
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The Roots of Fear | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com
The evolutionary primacy of the brain's fear circuitry makes it more powerful than reasoning circuits.
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/78178
Is User-Generated Content Out? | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com
Choice fatigue and fear of bad advice are creating a "perfect storm of demand for expert information."
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/119091
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