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Focalism; The Culprit Responsible for Clouding Judgment

People in life often indulge in focalism when they narrow down their vision and focus solely on one event or one aspect of an event. The complete ignorance of any other factors is strong and even accounting for any new factor cropping up is out of the question. This tendency is called focalism or…

BySeirut JavedNovember 8, 20200Comments

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The Contribution of Social Media to Body Dysmorphia

We know that a notable number of industries, such as film, beauty, advertising, etc., capitalize on their consumers’ insecurities, but what is it that prompts those insecurities in the first place? Our distorted perception of what we should be and what the world sees us as gives rise to self-doubt, along with an all-consuming need…

ByZainab HasanNovember 5, 20200Comments

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The History, and the Future of Diets

Considering the incredibly important role that diet plays in an individual’s health, it is surprising how late it made its way into the mainstream. Early Days In the modern world, the introduction of our diet as something that influences how we live our lives can be pinpointed to around the time vitamins were discovered. The…

BySaad RashidNovember 2, 20200Comments

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Hikikomori Hermitism and the Recluse

Since the Coronavirus reached pandemic proportions back in March, the lives of many people have been changed beyond recognition. Even people who are not among the old and the sickly have had to undergo the stressors of lockdown. Quarantine, currently the only weapon we have against the virus, is not without its own drawbacks. Fear…

BySaad RashidOctober 31, 20200Comments

The Candy Coup, Why Fat isn’t Evil.

Fat. That one word is the boon of millions of people throughout the world. To make things more precise, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, two billion people on this planet are either overweight or obese. Around one in every ten people are medically obese. Of course, the issue of fat-shaming is another…

BySaad RashidOctober 29, 20200Comments

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The Historic Journey of Plastic from the Earth’s Crust to the Mariana Trench

Plastic is one of the most widely produced materials at a global level for nearly all forms of consumption (industrial, domestic, etc.). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reported that over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every single year for a wide range of uses. Plastics were originally made out…

ByZainab HasanOctober 26, 20200Comments

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Continuing the Cycle: How We Carry Intergenerational Trauma through Our Legacies

There is a novel idea that trauma is passed on from one generation to the next. Intergenerational trauma was recognized as a concept in 1966, when psychologists studied the descendants of people who had lived through the Holocaust. Another study was conducted twenty years later, which found that a considerable number of grandchildren of Holocaust…

ByKhudeeja AsifOctober 20, 20202Comments

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What is Deep Work? Tips to Boost Concentration

The term “Deep Work” has nothing to do with geographical depth or so-called intellectual/philosophical discourse. In fact, it is a much more simple concept. The phrase was coined by Cal Newport- a professor of Computer Sciences at Georgetown University, in his book titled “Deep Work”. Though the term is newly coined, it refers to a…

BySaad RashidOctober 16, 20200Comments

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China’s New Climate Change Policy: Explained

On 22 nd September, the President of China, Xi Jinping, made an announcement to the U.N. that took the world by surprise. He publicized the intention of China to tackle carbon emissions and called on all countries in the world to work towards achieving a green recovery for the world economy in the wake…

ByFarah JassawallaOctober 15, 20200Comments

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Depressive Realism: Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side?

Many people are not aware of the term of depressive realism yet are mildly aware of the concept; depressive realism is when the depression of an individual makes them more realistic in comparison to their non-depressed comrades. According to findings, people with depression are more accurate and objective about their abilities, judgments, the…

BySeirut JavedOctober 10, 20200Comments

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