1.محصولي اگرچه محصول اشرافيت اقتصادي نبود، اما قرباني اشرافيت سياسي شد. محصولي علي رغم تمكن خانوادگي اش در گذشته و نيز كسب و كار سالم اي كه داشت، بغايت ساده زيست و بدور از تجمل گرايي زندگي مي كرد و بارها به فرموده بزرگان كه توليد ثروت را فضيلت و دنيا گروي را رذيلت برشمرده اند، دنيا گر بود ولي دنيا گرا نبود. اما محصولي اهل مماشات بر سر اصول و اعتقادات و امتياز دهي ...

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Three-year-old Merle throws a tantrum in the supermarket whenever her mother refuses to buy something she wants. Little Anna screams wildly when her mother interrupts her playing to put on a jacket so the family can go out. Ben, an adorable towhead, barely two, bites into furniture and toys as soon as anyone drops the word “no.”Merle, Anna and Ben are in the tantrum phase--sometimes referred to as “the terrible twos”--and they dispense frustration and ...

Robert Burton is the former chief of neurology at the University of California at San Francisco-Mt. Zion hospital. He recently wrote a book, On Being Certain, that explored the neuroscience behind the feeling of certainty, or why we are so convinced we’re right even when we’re wrong. He and Jonah Lehrer, the editor of Mind Matters, discussed the science of certainty.LEHRER: What first got you interested in studying the mental state of certainty? [More]

Robert Burton is the former chief of neurology at the University of California at San Francisco-Mt. Zion hospital. He recently wrote a book, On Being Certain, that explored the neuroscience behind the feeling of certainty, or why we are so convinced we’re right even when we’re wrong. He and Jonah Lehrer, the editor of Mind Matters, discussed the science of certainty.LEHRER: What first got you interested in studying the mental state of certainty? [More]