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Why Horror Movies Are Scary, and Why People Like Them Anyway
Hollywood Horror by Tedakin A while ago, I was contacted by a PR agency who had seen one of my talks about the psychology of horror. A British media company was putting together a Halloween marketing campaign, and wanted some advice on how to use some scariness to make it more effective. I wrote them…
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Why Isn't Ignorance of the Law an Excuse?
You know how they say “ignorance of the law is no excuse”? Have you ever thought about how messed up that is? First let me preface this with one of my favourite acronyms: IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer). I don’t know the legal theory behind what I’m about to discuss, and my assumptions about…
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Book Review: Glen, by Bryan Gorrison
It can always get worse. That seems to be the core message of Bryan Gorrison‘s debut novel. When it begins with the titular Glen getting shipped off to jail for violently molesting a child, it’s hard to imagine how it can go down from there, but soon Glen is involved in a spiral of homelessness,…
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