The smile is stronger than the handshake

The Pill is Mightier Than the Sword

One determinant of peace is the role of women in society. Some studies suggest that a young age structure, also known as a “youth bulge” can facilitate conflict. Population growth and age structure are factors amenable to change in a human rights context. We propose that policies which favor voluntary family planning and the education of women can ameliorate the global burden of disease associa...

Bad Is Stronger Than Good

The greater power of bad events over good ones is found in everyday events, major life events (e.g., trauma), close relationship outcomes, social network patterns, interpersonal interactions, and learning processes. Bad emotions, bad parents, and bad feedback have more impact than good ones, and bad information is processed more thoroughly than good. The self is more motivated to avoid bad self...

When Model Bias is Stronger than

The k-variable property is stronger than H-dimension k

We study the notion of H-dimension and the formally stronger kvariable property, as considered by Gabbay and Immerman & Kozen. We exhibit a class of flows of time that has H-dimension 3, and admits a finite expressively complete set of one-dimensional connectives, but does not have the k-variable property for any finite k. Published in Journal of Philosophical Logic 26 (1997) 81–101. Publisher’...

The Pill vs. the Sword: Additional Considerations; Comment on “The Pill Is Mightier Than the Sword”

In this paper, I present additional information for policy-makers and researchers to consider in response to the view proposed by Potts et al that “the pill is mightier than the sword.” I identify states with both high rates of terrorism and a youth bulge and discuss correlates of both these societal characteristics. The research examined supports the view that factors other than access to fami...