Are you interested in discovering more about your identity and personality traits? Then it’s likely you have taken a few personality tests. Myers-Briggs and the Big Five are still the big hitters, but a simpler test is becoming ever more popular. The 4 Personality Types Test separates individuals into four…
There are two people I credit for my love of old English words. They are my dad and an English teacher in high school. Whenever my dad would read me and my siblings a bedtime story, he’d occasionally come across a word we didn’t recognise. Instead of simply telling us…
I remember reading Macbeth at school and being instantly beguiled. Here was a world rich with layered meaning, coloured by vivid metaphors and expertly finessed into a captivating moral story. But I didn’t realise at that young age there were words Shakespeare invented that we still use today. I’m not…
Can thinking like a computer help us solve our most difficult problems? You might wonder ‘what is the point of computational thinking?’ After all, we invented computers to help solve our most difficult problems. Why would we now want to think like them? Well, there are a few reasons. The…
If you are anything like me, then you are fascinated by deviant minds. For as long as I can remember, I have always been drawn to the darker side of humanity. I’ve wanted to know why certain people are capable of doing terrible things. Nowadays, we have terms for these…
It seems you can’t get away from narcissists these days. You only have to turn on the TV and heads of states are bragging about making their country great again. Even your best friends are pulling their best duck faces in a pitiful attempt to garner compliments. But did you…
George Bernard Shaw wrote: “England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” It’s easy to see why. For example, if an American offered biscuits in gravy to a British citizen, they would likely be met with confusion. Likewise, it’s probably not a good idea for Americans to…
Anyone familiar with lucid dreaming knows the power of control in a dream. But what if you could simply pluck a person from your dreams and talk to them while you are awake? What questions would you ask? Could their answers help to make us better people? It might seem…
Is it better to be a wise person or an intelligent one? In other words, when it comes down to wisdom vs intelligence, which is more important? Before I even explore the question, I think it helps to understand the difference between wisdom and intelligence. “Any fool can know. The…
Of all the personality tests ever devised, Myers-Briggs is undoubtedly one of the most enduring. Based on the work of Carl Jung, it proposes that our personalities are dominated by four major psychological traits – thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition. But those taking this test today will have noticed an…
