So, let’s say you have a case of communication apprehension, the kind that makes it extremely difficult for you to talk to women. What do you do? Well, some Japanese men purchase a DVD specifically designed to help them get "used" to seeing a woman look at them. The DVD is comprised of video of…
Daily Archives: November 11, 2008
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Psychology and Torture
by Brian David Phillips •
Stanley Fish has an opinion piece today in the New York Times – Psychology and Torture (http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/psychology-and-torture/) – on the recent declaration by the American Psychology Association which bans members from being part of interrogations (not limited to torture but US military interrogations that include "pressure" tactics are the intended target). Fish gives some interesting…