Perfectionism, according to Arun Prasad, is our tendency to pin our identities and self-worth on achieving fixed outcomes — that is, a personal ideal. When we fall short of this fixed outcome, we end up feeling worthless. He suggests an alternative to perfectionism, that sounds similar but is much healthier: excellence. Rather than focusing on achieving fixed outcomes, it focuses on pursuing better outcomes; reframing our mindsets to value the journey towards a better (yet distinctly imperfect) situation allows room for growth and accepting failure. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
Merv
March 25, 2023
