Attaining GP Nirvana

Benzodiazepines in Schizophrenia: Nemesis or Nirvana?

Contrariwise, BDZs help acute agitation in schizophrenia safely, especially if given concomitantly with an antipsychotic (commonly haloperidol) with the exception of olanzapine/clozapine for a theoretical risk of cardiopulmonary collapse. It secures fragmented sleep, a common relapse signature. It combats anxiety, a core symptom domain in schizophrenia that is often under‐recognized and under‐t...

The Nirvana Fallacy Revisited—Posner

I recall hearing when I first came to the University of Chicago in 1969 the expression “Nirvana Fallacy,” used to describe the belief then dominant in the economics profession that market failures could and should be rectified by government intervention, assumed to be apolitical and effectively costless. The belief was unsound; government failure is commonplace, partly because of politics, part...

In Search of SecondLife Nirvana

Pedagogically-driven support for groups is a continuing challenge as we move forward in embracing technology in an ever changing educational environment. SecondLife (www.SecondLife.com) is a virtual environment that is receiving global attention and recognition. In this paper, we compare SecondLife to other group support technologies through an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) lens. T...

Finale: Attaining Excellence

The Truth of Nagarjuna: Something Beyond Nirvana

By considering his (in terms of) Logic-related works, we shall call Arya Nagarjuna as the most important Buddhist thinker in the Indian Antiquity. The most important parts of his works are the criticisms of thoughts which were presented by Buddhist tradition. Nagarjuna, who develops his ideas from the critical point of view by considering both Buddhist and it’s opposite Nyaya system of thoughts...