Previously, Dr. Dina McMillan explored the concept of using specific moves to gain your cooperation or compliance, shared through the lens of social psychologist Robert Cialdini’s groundbreaking work. In this episode, Dr. McMillan dives deeper, breaking it down into simple, memorable insights – perfect for the high-pressure buying season leading […]
Resolve to Think Carefully
Have you ever wondered about where our beliefs come from? What drives the way we frame the events we witness? What impact our worldview has on our actions? What meaning can we ascribe to our actions? How do behaviours become normalised and adopted by masses? I was at the Melbourne […]
A Plea to the FDA: Clinical Trials and Risks to Our Children
“Times of crisis and fear can call forth bad science, even science we know in retrospect to be unethical.” Bill Clinton, October 3, 19951 At age 19, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer with lymph node metastases. The radioactive iodine therapy (I-131) I received was a miracle treatment in my […]