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The World Happiness Report and the secret sauce of Scandinavia

Dan Connors

Jan 7, 20217 min read

The World Happiness Report and the secret sauce of Scandinavia

Imagine a poll of every country in the entire world where someone goes to random citizens and asks them to rate their happiness on a...

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An Outsiders Guide to Humans- how an autistic person makes sense of the rest of us

Dan Connors

Jan 2, 20214 min read

An Outsiders Guide to Humans- how an autistic person makes sense of the rest of us

An Outsider's Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me about What We Do and Who We Are Camilla Pang 2020 Camilla Pang was diagnosed...

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College- good investment or money down the toilet?

Dan Connors

Dec 31, 20205 min read

College- good investment or money down the toilet?

We are throwing more and more money and bright young minds into the confusing cesspool that is today's higher education system, and what...

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Normalcy Bias- the Pandemic's biggest killer

Dan Connors

Dec 23, 20204 min read

Normalcy Bias- the Pandemic's biggest killer

When the Titanic hit an iceberg and started sinking, the people aboard were shocked. Most of them were in denial that this grand ship,...

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Who are the suckers who fall for self-deceptions? We are. Cognitive biases part 4

Dan Connors

Dec 10, 202012 min read

Who are the suckers who fall for self-deceptions? We are. Cognitive biases part 4

Does the truth matter? Which is better- an ugly truth or a pretty lie? Sometimes it's better for everybody if the truth is ugly enough...

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Why are we lying to ourselves? Cognitive biases part 3

Dan Connors

Dec 2, 202011 min read

Why are we lying to ourselves? Cognitive biases part 3

"Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be...

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Cognitive biases Part 2- pulling back the curtain on why our brains lie to us.

Dan Connors

Nov 29, 20209 min read

Cognitive biases Part 2- pulling back the curtain on why our brains lie to us.

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works Our brains lie to...

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Why we lie to ourselves- Cognitive Biases Part 1

Dan Connors

Nov 25, 20209 min read

Why we lie to ourselves- Cognitive Biases Part 1

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the...

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Lotteries- a pocket full of hope but poison for mental and financial health.

Dan Connors

Nov 20, 20205 min read

Lotteries- a pocket full of hope but poison for mental and financial health.

State lotteries are a complicated source of joy, pain, education funding, hope, and disappointment. 45 of the 50 United States now have...

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Blue Mind- how just being near water heals you

Dan Connors

Nov 6, 20206 min read

Blue Mind- how just being near water heals you

Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected,...

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Mental health through your nose and skin

Dan Connors

Oct 27, 20204 min read

Mental health through your nose and skin

While writing my one and only novel so far, I dove into the world of aromatherapy. It became an important part of my plot, and I learned...

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Goals, goal setting, and still enjoying the now.

Dan Connors

Sep 1, 20205 min read

Goals, goal setting, and still enjoying the now.

So today is the last day of my original weight loss challenge. I lost nearly 5% of my body weight in 30 days, which is a pretty good...

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Moving the goalposts- how to survive the loud, confusing, ever-changing world of political babble.

Dan Connors

Jul 30, 20207 min read

Moving the goalposts- how to survive the loud, confusing, ever-changing world of political babble.

The lines have been drawn, and both sides now squares off in a political fight to the death. Ideas, ideologies, and belief systems are...

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What comes next after expanding Medicaid? How do we make the system even better?

Dan Connors

Jul 19, 20203 min read

What comes next after expanding Medicaid? How do we make the system even better?

On August 4th Missouri votes on whether to be the 38th state to expand Medicaid. By all accounts, this should be a no-brainer. Hundreds...

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Dan Connors

Jun 29, 20205 min read

The Flo Awards- why commercials work.

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them ...

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Dan Connors

Jun 19, 20206 min read

Boobs- America's weirdest obsession

What's the deal with America's obsession with boobs? Why have mammary glands become such an important part of fashion, culture,...

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Saving the most starfish. Confessions of a United Way volunteer

Dan Connors

Jun 5, 20204 min read

Saving the most starfish. Confessions of a United Way volunteer

"One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed ashore by the high...

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Is our attention span getting shorter or ..... what was I just saying?

Dan Connors

May 20, 20206 min read

Is our attention span getting shorter or ..... what was I just saying?

In the Pixar movie, Finding Nemo, Ellen Degeneres plays a forgetful fish named Dory, who lives life completely in the now. She forgets...

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Why are we so gullible when it comes to conspiracy theories?

Dan Connors

May 12, 20206 min read

Why are we so gullible when it comes to conspiracy theories?

Science has been under attack for centuries, mainly when its ideas and theories conflict with what people want to believe. Is the world...

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Dan Connors

May 6, 20205 min read

What can we say to the class of 2020?

Photo credit Mountain View Studio What inspiration can we give to the graduating class of 2020? They've been given a raw deal, losing...

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