From time to time I am asked to address or write about hypocrisy. Recently a DrHurd.com reader asked if hypocrisy is the chasm between our professed ideals and our actions. He went on to suggest that a person without hypocrisy … Continue reading
The following appeared in the New York Post online on 6/23/14: Hillary Clinton insists she isn’t “well-off” and now daughter Chelsea, according to a recent interview, claims she couldn’t care less about money. “I was curious if I could care … Continue reading
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government … Continue reading
I apologize ahead of time for the quote I’m about to cite. It’s one of the most decisively evil things I’ve ever read. The first ten words say it all. Don’t reason in the mind. Just obey in the spirit. … Continue reading
What does it mean to accuse someone of being on an “ego trip”? Let’s start with the concept of “ego.” In the original Greek definition of the term, “ego” basically refers to the self, or “I.” In the Freudian version … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd, I was wondering if you could provide some advice as to my dilemma: I’m a 25-year-old adult who is still living with his mother, but contrary to most young adults out there, I’m not depending on her … Continue reading
My articles on psychology and human affairs all rest on one implicit premise: That free will exists, not as an article of faith, but as an observable, provable fact. Not all writers in psychology, and not all biologists, agree. Biologist … Continue reading
“He’s trying to get something for nothing.” It’s usually said with an air of disapproval — and not without good reason. However, people who seek something for nothing are naive and foolish, more than anything else. They’re at war with … Continue reading
A website on psychology and mental health based in the Phillippines says the following: In my workshops on psychological well-being, there’s one question that keeps popping up: “Should I still support my family? I already feel drained and stressed but … Continue reading
Here’s another gigantic myth about capitalism: That those who innovate and create owe others for the fact they made a lot of money. In other words, they create something that’s so valuable, that so many people need and wish to … Continue reading
“Two wrongs don’t make a right.” It’s a fallacy that gets a lot of people into trouble. Taken at face value, it makes a certain kind of sense. If something is wrong, such as initiating violence against another, it’s wrong … Continue reading
Denverpost.com report [12/13/13]: The teenage gunman [Karl Pierson] who entered Arapahoe High School on Friday afternoon and shot two fellow students with a shotgun was outspoken about politics, was a gifted debater and might have been bullied for his beliefs, … Continue reading