Posted on 8 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
Today is a special out of schedule The Seeker feature article which looks at a variety of knowledge issues related to my time studying Psychology. Over the past year, I’ve been completing an anticipated Psychology course which covers a wide variety of topics including the biological, cognitive and behavioural viewpoints of psychology, as well as [...]
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Posted on 19 October, 2008 by Darren Tan
Today is a new edition of Scianite in a slightly different format. I’ve taken a look at four major stories in the science world and am talking about the links and issues between them. Today we’re looking at the mental response, in other words how our minds react to different issues including the attraction of [...]
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Posted on 16 August, 2008 by Darren Tan
In today’s issue of The Seeker, I’m going to be looking at an age old problem called the Heinz Dilemma. Here’s the original problem.
“A woman was near death from cancer. One drug might save her, a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The druggist was charging $2,000.00, ten [...]
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