Jab fears

Jab fears

Antarctic summer saw the largest ship ever visit Antarctica: the Star Princess with 3,500 passengers and crew sailed amongst humpback whales and colonies of gentoo penguins. But, at a meeting this month in New Zealand of the treaty nations, several regulations are expected to be tightened for the southern high latitudes with knock-on effects for the Arctic. The meeting may also finally prohibit...

A jab at reality

Journalists and editors seldom highlight errors and misjudgements by other members of their trade. An exception was The Guardian’s story on 1 October headed “Media accused of scaremongering on cancer jab death” and subtitled “Coverage causing more harm than good”. The case at issue was that of a 14-year old Coventry schoolgirl who had died a few days previously, after receiving human papilloma ...

"A whiff, or a jab?

Dealing with Futile Fears

بدون ترس شانس کمتری برای رسیدن به دوران تکاملی داریم. ترس منطقی به ما می گوید که از چه چیز پرهیز کنیم، به ما کمک می کند که با مشکلات روبرو شویم و ما را در مقابل خطرات حقبقی محافظت می کند. در طرف دیگر آن نوع ترس هائی که از مقوله ترسهای مرضی است، غیرمنطقی می باشد و آثار فیزیکی و روحی بی شماری را باعث می گردد.

Childhood Fears