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Research Roundup, October 2026
Ten more studies on the mind that caught my eye.
Sep 29 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Unpopular
A poem.
Sep 5 • Scott Barry Kaufman
The Science of Impossible
My NeuroDiversion Keynote combines psychology with mentalism.
Sep 3 • Scott Barry Kaufman

August 2026

Research Roundup, September 2026
Ten more studies on the mind that caught my eye.
Aug 29 • Scott Barry Kaufman
In Defense of Harmonious Obsession
Why not both?
Aug 25 • Scott Barry Kaufman
What Is Intelligence For?
In defense of self-actualizing intelligence.
Aug 24 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Smart Is Not Sentient
We need to get this one right.
Aug 1 • Scott Barry Kaufman

July 2026

Research Roundup, August 2026
Ten new studies on the mind that caught my eye.
Jul 29 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Why AI Can’t Be Creative (Yet)
What happened when I asked Claude to write the most creative sentence in human history.
Jul 23 • Scott Barry Kaufman
The Happiness Taboo
The one thing the founder of humanistic psychology wrote about — and was too scared to publish — and why saying it now is the most compassionate thing…
Jul 21 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Most of Life Is And, Not Or
Self-help and AI love the binary flip. Most of reality doesn't.
Jul 14 • Scott Barry Kaufman
In Chasing Productivity, We Lost the Inner Life
We learned to optimize everything except the part of us that was actually alive.
Jul 10 • Scott Barry Kaufman
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