CNN.com's John Sutter talks about the idea of "porn" and how it can be used to help us understand our lives. He says some people argue that porn is useful because it gives a name to a specific kind of relationship we can have with images and other media. The author also discusses what he thinks makes something important in his own life, as well as those around him.
Is social psychology just a kid dressing up in grown-up science clothes? Are the methods in social psychology--hypothesis-driven experiments and model-building--appropriate for the state of the field? Or do these methods lead to a narrowing of vision, stifled creativity, and a lack of informed curiosity about the social world> David and Tamler discuss the strong methodological critique of psychology from two of its leading practitioners - Paul Rozin and Solomon Asch.
Plus, food porn, real estate porn, outrage porn, and David's personal favorite - power washing porn.
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