Men, if there a direct indicator of how much love you are feeling, something that could be measured and displayed very clearly, women would be thrilled. Because if they can measure it, they can train you using it. Dr. Jon Cowan, the CEO of Peak Achievement Training, says they have found the “Cupid brainwave” – [...]
read moreAtheists believe Democrats aren’t really religious, they just pretend to be to get elected – and it may be true for most politicians the same way it is for most people. Going to church is not the same thing as living a liturgical lifestyle. But for the first 2.5 years of his presidency, Barack Obama was giving some credence to that belief. It was so obvious he was faux religious that...
read moreThe Wall Street Journal posted a letter from 16 scientists who are critical of climate science in general and anthropogenic warming in specific. There were numerous flaws in the letter (see Robert Cooper's Denialiasm 101 piece An Excellent Study On Denialism for the takedown) but it's an opinion piece so I took it for what it is worth; the New York Times lets Paul Krugman write on economics and...
read moreA social psychologist who doesn't spend his days finding ways to rationalize being progressive? University of Virginia Prof. Jonathan Haidt certainly was a partisan liberal, he says, but researching John Kerry's failure to connect with voters in 2004 made him see things a little different, and now he is a moderate - which is still right wing in the social sciences, so a bold step not without...
read moreWho has more credibility to the NPR audience, a scientist or someone who runs an organic yogurt company? It depends on the issue, of course. When it comes to global warming, science is awesome but when it comes to food security for poor people, science is evil corporations out to kill us all. So they accept the facts of the yogurt maker. read...
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