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Tyler Cowen of the Marginal Revolution blog brought to my attention: The email edition of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest has reached the milestone of its 150th issue....To mark the occasion, the Digest editor has invited some of the world's leading psychologists to look inwards and share, in 150 words, one nagging thing they …
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I came across a pretty interesting piece today on the importance of proximity and background (e.g., race, religion, similar experiences) on in forming friendships. The reporter is looking particularly at how this plays out in college and the longevity of those friendships, but the general data is applicable across the board. As we talk about …
My friend, Ryan, recently caught my attention with a book entitled The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century. This book was written by two professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Jacqueline Olds and Richard S. Schwartz, in an effort to uncover the increasing disconnectedness in American life and its startling effects. It …
During my five years as Associate Pastor for Collegiate Ministries at Elmbrook Church, there were a lot of questions that came my way. Probably at least 50% of those questions related to topics of sexuality, and one of the more prevalent questions was "why should I wait to have sex until I'm married?" I wrote …
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A friend of mine, Dave Bruno, made mention of this fascinating piece that was on NPR entitled "Sex Without Intimacy: No Dating, No Relationships." Alongside of some helpful stats about the ever-increasing average age of marriage (27.1 for men and 25.3 for women), the author of the piece provides some interviews with young adults that …
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