The many facets of the Dunning-Kruger effect

It was 1999 when social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger decided to conduct a little experiment. Of course, a ‘little experiment’ doesn’t win a Nobel Prize

04.2025 | Toni Botes

The Evolution of Fairy Tales

As children, amongst the first stories we are told are fairy tales. This is a tradition that spans at least 400 years, but owing to their oral origins, we can’t know for sure how long we have been passing on these particular stories.

08.2024 | Toni Botes

The life and times of Hunter S.Thompson

A self-professed hillbilly, Hunter Stockton Thompson entered the world on the 18th of July 1937 and left it of his own accord in 2005. His life was a complex and bizarre mélange of impotent creativity set against a backdrop of seminal influence on almost everything he touched.

08.2024 | Toni Botes