Friday, November 27, 2009

Woman sees 'iron Jesus'

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A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her ir...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

American religious allegiances diversify, jumble

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Among the new findings of the National Opinion Research Center, Americans are in an illogical jumble: Nonetheless, belief in God has slippe...
Thursday, October 08, 2009

AI, computers, minds, algorithms, evolution, Dennett

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If even artificial intelligence advocates have largely abandoned the idea that AI is ultimately algorithmic , it’s time to question a lot of...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

A serious look at anxiety

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The NYTimes mag has a long story, focused on the work of Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan, of much of our current knowledge about anxiety .
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Religious belief, mundane matters have different thought processes

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As extensively shown by MRI , religious belief-thought is heavily emotionally laden, as well as more agency focused.
Friday, September 18, 2009

A Strad by other means still sounds as sweet

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A modern violin, specially treated with a fungus solution, beat a Stradivarius in a blind test. This ought to drive down violin, and violin...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Has ‘false memory syndrome’ been proven or not?

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People like Elizabeth Loftus claim ‘repressed memories’ simply don’t exist. Their existence is again being challenged in court . But, Ms. Lo...