Sharon McEachern

Commented on Hit A Jew Day
It's not just kids who don't get satire -- most adults have trouble with it. Like fundamentalists and the Written Word, they take satire literally. And forget metaphor. This is why psychologists use projective tests. They don't ask how do...
Commented on Physical security maxims from Argonne National Laboratory
Ask me if I feel secure now. That's okay, I didn't feel all that secure before. For some reason these maxims I liken to Sebastian, the stray tomcat I took in four months ago. Although he's been safe, warm, fed...
Commented on Paper and pencil better for the brain than software?
I have to question the results of this study. The Dutch psychologist van Nimwegen says that a lot of software turns us into "passive beings," and that paper and pencil are better for the brain. That's certainly in contrast to...

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