Fans of Prometheus Speaks may have had an opportunity to read my posts on Communism and on the Sigma Male. Both of them touched on the subject of hierarchies, with both Communists and Sigma Males taking a dim view of them, as many hierarchies are seen as unnecessary...
Taking a Critical Look at Social Exchange Theory Some two decades ago, someone who was counseling me uttered six words that have remained seared into my memory ever since. “All relationships are based on exchange,” he told me. The more I reflected on his words,...
Cannibalism and the Acquisition of Attributes in Human Relationships For some time, I have pondered attraction in humans and the social relationships that emerge from it. Such relationships may be friendships, sexual and/or romantic partnerships, or marriages. The...
The expression “getting in touch with one’s inner child” is something of a cliché that refers to a desire to engage in thinking and behavior characteristic of childhood. It carries a positive connotation, the notion being that it is referring to a lost, but very...
[Note: This post explores unconventional perspectives on reality and consciousness, and, as such, is perhaps the strangest post that I have written or perhaps ever will write on this blog. I hope you will find it worth the effort.] Cecil Poisson and I have been the...
I have a problem, though not one that most people would consider as such. No matter how much I try, I cannot seem to look away from the British royal family. This is a bit puzzling to me, because wealth and power do not really impress me much, certainly not in the...
