Vol. II · No. 156
Established 2025

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Friday, June 5, 2026
160 writers in the library
Psychology · 2 shelves
PsychologyCulture

Experimental History.

Adam Mastroianni on science reform, human behavior, and the history of the present.

Recent essays

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Only insane people use the internet

OR: hit me with your Honda

Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them!

OR: crock pots and lightning bolts

The 3rd Annual Blog Post Competition, Extravaganza, and Jamboree

yeehaw

Nothing ever dies. It merely becomes embarrassing.

OR: the Halo theory of science

Infinite midwit

OR: if we were playing by Settlers of Catan rules, I'd be dead already

Help I'm being persecuted

OR: rubberneckers anonymous

The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do

OR: the long overdue forest fire

I swear the UFO is coming any minute

Links 'n' updates

Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II

OR: why you should sell onions on the internet

I know your secret

11 notes on turning unknowns into knowns

Text is king

read on, queen

How to be less awkward

a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction

The drug that taught me how much I should suffer

OR: grindset and bedrot

Secrets of the ancient memelords

OR: pedants 'n' pinheads

You say potato, I say leprosy

Links 'n' updates for Fall 2025

The Decline of Deviance

Where has all the weirdness gone?

Bamboozle me, daddy

OR: The triple-decker fallacy

Thank you for being annoying

OR: whack 'em if you got 'em

Blog Extravaganza 2025: the winners

YEEHAW

Use this magic bullet to shoot yourself in the foot

OR: Borg vibes

Bag of words, have mercy on us

OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?

Do conversations end when people want them to?

N = 1172

Revenge of the Blockheads

Links 'n' updates for Summer 2025

Underrated ideas in psychology, vol. III

OR: farewell, Disco Duck

Face it: you're a crazy person

OR: why your brain needs a boxcutter

Three Dumb Studies for your consideration

OR: sugar daddy salt bae

The Second Annual Blog Post Competition, Extravaganza, and Jamboree

OR: the DIY Renaissance

New paradigm for psychology just dropped

OR: the ideas your mother warned you about

28 slightly rude notes on writing

OR: catapulting myself into a pit of tarantulas