#human-behavior

#human-behavior

One soft and slow rule at Defector, I think a good one, is Do not command the audience to do anything. People do not like being commanded.

There's a silent expectation many carry early in life: If I treat others with kindness, respect, and love-they'll do the same in return. It's a comforting belief.

Taylor Swift’s immense success juxtaposes her public feuds, highlighting how even highly accomplished individuals often engage in arguably petty disputes, mirroring human tendencies.

Writing biographies of bad people is challenging. Somehow monsters must be made to be human and complex if we are to understand why they behaved as they did.

We have an innate need to attach to caregivers; however, anything beyond that initial impulse to attach must be taught.

In their first cover, for the June 16, 2025, issue, Aoki celebrates the animal's playful and whimsical nature.

The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves.

Data gives you credibility. It's the most powerful way to show how trends connect with people so you can tell a story that really matters.

In emergency scenarios, people exhibit an extraordinary sense of solidarity and often assist each other in unexpected ways, defying the stereotypes seen in disaster portrayals.

Like a Venus flytrap made of pixels and Python, it lures the bots in with sweet, juicy content, then buries them in academic-grade nonsense.

Humans lie all of the time. You've probably lied quite recently, considering most of us lie around 30 times a day. Lying is one of the most important tricks we have to get an advantage over each other.

What I've learned is that there's a really deep seated desire to belong. It's interesting to watch how people struggle with that. Because the conceit of the game is that you're trying to vote out one of your own.

'Our results demonstrate that small changes in perceived eye morphology impact behaviour and affective responses,' the researchers said, highlighting the importance of eye characteristics in social perception.

"Curiosity actually works by connecting pieces of information, not just acquiring them. We gather information and connect it to what we already know."