Why aren't smart people happier?(theseedsofscience.pub)

460 points by zdw 11 months ago | 538 comments

A Seeds of Science post by psychologist Adam Mastroianni exploring why higher intelligence doesn't seem to make people happier.

You can't reach the brain through the ears(experimental-history.com)

98 points by yarapavan 3 years ago | 51 comments

Ideas aren't getting harder to find (2022)(experimental-history.com)

127 points by rafaelc 17 days ago | 56 comments

Adam Mastroianni's Experimental History essay arguing against the claim that new ideas are getting harder to find, saying discovery is still possible.

Pop culture has become an oligopoly (2022)(experimental-history.com)

91 points by passwordoops 2 years ago | 90 comments

Intellectuals Are Fucking Idiots(markmanson.substack.com)

15 points by speckx 28 days ago | 5 comments

Mark Manson Substack essay arguing that highly intelligent people get trapped by their own ideas, opening with the story of professor Malcolm Caldwell's 1978 trip to Cambodia.

Research in psychology: are we learning anything?(experimental-history.com)

161 points by ctoth 2 years ago | 151 comments