self-help Archives | The New Rationalist Magazine https://newrationalist.com Reason in the face of dogma Sat, 05 Feb 2022 16:24:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.13 https://i0.wp.com/newrationalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 self-help Archives | The New Rationalist Magazine https://newrationalist.com 32 32 148767378 What Is Confirmation Bias? https://newrationalist.com/what-is-confirmation-bias/ https://newrationalist.com/what-is-confirmation-bias/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:29:28 +0000 https://newrationalist.com/?p=339 Confirmation bias is simple wishful thinking. When people had a particular strongly held belief in their mind before examining some new evidence, the new evidence only serves to confirm their pre-existing belief. This distorts the way that they perceive situations, because they may approach things differently. Once this belief has been instilled, they may also […]

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]]> https://newrationalist.com/what-is-confirmation-bias/feed/ 4 339 The Real Science Behind Self-Help – Part Two https://newrationalist.com/the-real-science-behind-self-help-part-two/ https://newrationalist.com/the-real-science-behind-self-help-part-two/#respond Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:57:10 +0000 https://newrationalist.com/?p=178 Read Part One here. The following is an excerpt from Why The Law Of Attraction Is Bullshit: And What To Do Instead The Placebo Effect When scientists study the effect of a new pharmaceutical drug, medical treatment or herbal supplement, they use at least two groups during the human testing phase. One group is given […]

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]]> https://newrationalist.com/the-real-science-behind-self-help-part-two/feed/ 0 178 How To Use The Law Of Attraction https://newrationalist.com/make-the-law-of-attraction-work-for-you/ https://newrationalist.com/make-the-law-of-attraction-work-for-you/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:34:21 +0000 https://newrationalist.com/?p=22 The maddening world of self-help Have you ever tried self-help, only to find that it did not work? It did not matter how hard you believed or how closely you followed the information in the book, it just did not do what the speaker or book promised that it would do. This is an extract […]

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]]> https://newrationalist.com/make-the-law-of-attraction-work-for-you/feed/ 0 22 Why Law Of Attraction Is Bullshit https://newrationalist.com/law-of-attraction-is-nonsense/ https://newrationalist.com/law-of-attraction-is-nonsense/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2018 05:09:04 +0000 https://newrationalist.com/?p=15 The following is an excerpt from Why The Law Of Attraction Is Bullshit: And What To Do Instead “Ask the Universe, and you will receive.” That is the message that has been sent by many self-help writers, particularly those preaching about ideas like the law of attraction and positive thinking. The Secret comes to mind. […]

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]]> https://newrationalist.com/law-of-attraction-is-nonsense/feed/ 1 15 George Carlin and Prayer https://newrationalist.com/george-carlin-and-prayer/ https://newrationalist.com/george-carlin-and-prayer/#respond Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:31:49 +0000 https://newrationalist.com/?p=6 George Carlin was a man well-known for his comedic acts, which were considered ‘inappropriate’ or ‘distasteful’ for his time. He is known as a trend-setter, a comedian that broke the ice with his language and topics to allow a whole slew of ‘offensive’ comedians to take the stage. He is also well-known for his views […]

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