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Should You Trust Your Intuition?

by Stephen Mills November 4, 2009
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I’m a strong believer in the power of human intuition, but at the same time I want to understand it from a scientific point of view. I want to know when and if I can trust my intuitive sense. I don’t want to just intuitively accept intuition as a reliable form of knowledge. In this article and the next, I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned about intuition and under what circumstances science has found it to serve us well or not serve us so well. A lot of credit for this material goes to David G. Myers and his excellent book Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

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Are We Slaves to Our Genes?

by Stephen Mills April 26, 2009
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It is my opinion that we tend to follow our genes. The overwhelming majority of individuals just go with the flow of their natural tendencies. I think that is a fact which has been clearly demonstrated. Let’s face it, people are lazy. But that does not mean we are slaves to our genes. That does not mean we cannot overcome them. Here is just one example that I think most people will readily understand.

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