Comedian John Mulaney once said he thought that quicksand was going to be a bigger problem than it turned out to be. For those of a certain generation watching "The Princess Bride" or "Southern ...

Recently a reporter asked me to talk about the psychology of the Quicksand Meme. You may have seen these images from film of heroes sinking into quicksand. The meme says, “When I was a kid, I thought ...