HeyJaredLooking back on it…
(Mostly) insightful, humorous, and sometimes snarky essays and stories from an aging psychology professor who’s just trying to make sense of it all.
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Letters from the Rabbit Hole (opens the original)
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David’s Impossible Race (opens the original)
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As I get older, I have started having more spontaneous memories of long-ago events in my life. Most of the time these are just seemingly inconsequential little memories. Some of my more famous psychology brethren explain this phenomenon as a need to reflect on and make sense of our lives before we die. I have a simpler, less morbid explanation. Maybe now that I have more time on my hands and fewer cognitive demands in my head, I have more time to reflect on those pesky little memories when they
Longevity: The Process of Testing Dumb Ideas for a Long Time (opens the original)
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Have you ever asked yourself this question… “What’s the point of living a long life?” Some of you may think you know the answer, so this might sound like a stupid question. But I am a little less convinced about any of this spiritual or existential stuff. So, this strikes me as a perfectly reasonable question to ask.I have some ideas, but these are just untestable hypotheses. Testability is important to me. This comes from my background in science. You see, a lot of people think science is about
My Further Adventures in People Watching and Spiritual Exploration (opens the original)
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On the Beach in Maine (opens the original)
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Last week was a really nice and rather profound seven days. In some ways, it may have marked the beginning of my retirement, although I think the real demarcation will occur when my wife returns to work and I don’t. But last week provided a glimpse of something my retirement offers… freedom.My wife and I traveled to the beaches of southern Maine, to a small resort town we have often visited in the past. We had not been there in a few years, and I had really missed it. The passage of time and the
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