... on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linknfactoid Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...l Download free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ...he appendix has additional functions. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus and produce biogenic amines and peptide hormones, bo... ...the "Pestilence" or the "Great Mortality". They regarded it as divine punishment of humanity's sins. http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html ... ... of the victims of the 1837-38 rebellion, further drained the country's dilapidated resources. By 1849, many Canadians were clamoring to join the ... ...nism" first appeared in Arrago's Dictionnaire de la Conversation in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (mus... ...the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center (CASMIRC), and Violent Criminal Apprehension P... ...tp://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/freebooks.html More about the Books and Additional Resources The Eighth, Revised Impression (January 2007) of the...

... Cyclopedia Of Philosophy 4th EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right impl... .... But it is not clear whether it has a right to go on using the mother's body, or resources, or to burden her in any way in order to sustain its o... ...one have the right to use other people's bodies, their property, their time, their resources and to deprive them of pleasure, comfort, material pos... ...tain, or prolong them at SOCIETY's expense (no matter how major and significant the resources required are). Still, if a contract has been signed -... ...forcefully. II. Issues in the Calculus of Rights IIA. The Hierarchy of Rights All human cultures have hierarchies of rights. These hierarchies ref... ...e a calculus of hierarchically weighted rights. (See "Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life" by Baruch A. Brody). One form of calculus is the uti... ...se formal logical niches that superstition thrives. Appendix - Interview granted by Sam Vaknin to Adam Anderson 1. Do you believe that superstition... ... the successful and happy exchange of goods and services. THE AUTHOR Shmuel (Sam) Vaknin Curriculum Vitae Born in 1961 in Qiryat-Yam...

... Capitalistic Musings 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...w": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ... Also published by United Press International (UPI) It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees... ...henomena such as "strong reciprocity" - the propensity to "irrationally" sacrifice resources to reward forthcoming collaborators and punish free-ri... ... react to the level of visual exposure to advertising - regardless of its content. Humans may be too multi-dimensional and hyper- complex to be usef... ... hopefully improved, assumptions. One way around this apparent quagmire is to put human cognition (i.e., psychology) at the heart of economics. A... ...ound the Malthusian concept of scarcity. Our infinite wants, the finiteness of our resources and the bad job we too often make of allocating them e... ...We are forever forced to choose between opportunities, between alternative uses of resources, painfully mindful of their costs. This is how the p...

... The Conundrums of Psychology 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...The Third Text and Competing Interpellations XII. The Author On Dis-ease By: Dr. Sam Vaknin We are all terminally ill. It is a matter of time be... ...on in the operation and management of the complex ecosystem known as patient-world. Humans absorb their environment and feed it in equal measures. ... ...is morally-neutral and embodies no "values" or "preferences". It simply exists. WE, humans, introduce our value systems, prejudices and priorities i... ...istically the norm of this particular society in this particular time)? We must re-humanize disease. By imposing upon issues of health the pretensi... ...Normal Personality First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern ... ...(also known as efficiency) - The securing of maximum results with minimum invested resources and minimum damage to other resources, not directly us... ... mental life. On the face of it, dreaming is a colossal waste of energy and psychic resources. Dreams carry no overt information content. They bear ... ...n the savannah. Scientists are people who believe in the aesthetic preservation of resources. They believe that nature is intrinsically optimal, pa...

...endSiters Digital Content And Web Technologies 3rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska ... ... other related issues. http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE!... ...hor bio, including the link to the author's web site. AUTHOR BIO: Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Lov... ...m the realm of passive, inert objects and transforms it into a catalyst of human interactions across time and space. In other words, it returns the b... ... arranged series of in-depth essays authored by the best in every field of human erudition. When the CD-ROM erupted on the scene, the Britannica ... ... information authored and released by the leading names in every field of human knowledge and endeavour. The Internet, is, in effect, an encyclopaedi... ...proffering sex or tourism. No user seems to be grateful for the effort and resources invested in creating and distributing content. The recent breakd... ...cycle: Anarchy The Public Phase At this stage, the medium and the resources attached to it are very cheap, accessible, under no regulatory c... ... organizations (NGOs), trade unions, etc. Bedevilled by limited financial resources, they regard the new medium as a cost effective way of dissemina...

... Terrorists And Freedom Fighters 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...hus, all such groups are rebarbatively authoritarian, execrably violent, devoid of human empathy or emotions, suppressive, ostentatious, trenchant ... ...red in gulosity and superciliousness as they become. Inveterate violators of basic human rights, they often transform into the very demons they hel... ...who flee in terror at the sight of a stranger, crying 'Turks! Turks!' These are the human wreckage of the hurricane which usurps the functions of a ... ...inciples of thought. Should the KLA find in itself the flexibility and intellectual resources - rare commodities in ideological movements - needed t... ...e in history. Return Narcissists, Group Behaviour, and Terrorism Interview with Sam Vaknin Published in "The Idler" Sam Vaknin is the au... ...niable charm, intelligence, or attractiveness. But the narcissist needs not invest resources in converting them to his cause - he does not deceive ... ...orism enhances social upward mobility and fosters the redistribution of wealth and resources from the haves to haves not. Al-Qaida, despite its omi...

... Facts and Fictions in The Securities Industry 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...w": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ...ies react differently? Economy is a branch of psychology and wherever and whenever humans are involved, answers don't come easy. A few models have ... ...in so many ventures and companies, the financial investor has no interest, nor the resources to get seriously involved in any one of them. Micro-ma... ...one way. Are we ready for a recurrence of 1929? About as we were prepared in 1928. Human nature - the prime mover behind market meltdowns - seemed ... ...both the capital and real estate markets. This cycle is as old and as inevitable as human greed and fear. Post Script In 2007, a collapse in the su... ...one ailing institution after another, taxing further their limited counter-cyclical resources. Simultaneously, in Asia, growth rates began to decele... ...nism. In September 2008, the Fed even borrowed money from the Treasury when its own resources were depleted. As The Economist neatly summed it up (...

...The Silver Lining Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema 3 rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...d his enemies. He should have felt and acted with responsibility towards his fellow human beings, even towards those who wronged him greatly. But ... ...ucers exploit Truman's life shamelessly and remorselessly in the ugliest display of human vices possible. The Director indulges in his control-mania... ...zing movie, "The Matrix", a breed of AI computers takes over the world. It harvests human embryos in laboratories called "fields". It then feeds th... ...e crown of creation with complete dominion over nature and the right to exploit its resources unreservedly. Similar, veiled, sentiments can be found... ...ul course of action. Utilitarians regard nature as a set of exhaustible and scarce resources and deal with their optimal allocation from a human po... ...ch as "sustainable development". Even the costs of replacing or repairing depleted resources and natural assets are difficult to determine. Effort... ...t Encounter. It may also be our last. Return T H E A U T H O R SHMUEL (SAM) VAKNIN Curriculum Vitae Born in 1961 in Qiryat-Yam, Isra... ...s. It is like time travel. It is like revisiting one's childhood." The Author Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Rev...