Belonging and Identity: How Awe and Cosmic Events Influence Our Sense of Self

Post-decision reactance is real. Friends and I experienced it collectively during yesterday’s solar eclipse, which—after some serious considerations (driving 5 days each way to Texas? Flying to Maine? Driving to Vegas to fly to Dallas?)— we did not see. Not totally, I should say. Yesterday, I saw how the sun was approximately 38% covered by …

„Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.“ (Marie Curie)

I believe the more we understand, the bigger is the border to what we don’t know. That could be frustrating, for more knowledge and research do arise more questions – but to me, this is a never-ending fountain of curiosity. And I think everybody should get the chance to take a sip. I want to …

Wo war der Widerstand?

Ich erzähle von meiner ersten Studie sowie der Frage „Wo blieb der Widerstand?“ und ich versuche mich an einer sozialpsychologischen Antwort darauf, warum er jetzt möglicherweise da – oder zumindest lauter geworden – ist.