Edge.org has just released it's Annual Question. This year's version: WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?" I've read a couple dozen answers so far. As always, the answers are intellectually stimulating, challenging to common sense and entertaining. Television producer Karl Sabbagh weighs in this year with his realization that expertise has serious…
The United States. Here are some shocking details from Nomi Prins of Alternet: The United States has more inmates and a higher incarceration rate than any other nation: more than Russia, South Africa, Mexico, Iran, India, Australia, Brazil and Canada combined. Nearly 1 in every 136 US residents is in…
"Duelity" has put together a creative side-by-side presentation for your enlightenment, with a fun twist. When you visit Duelity, pick "Watch," then choose "Duelity" (rather than just "Creationism" or just "Evolution") for the best effect.
If it's an emergency situation where you lost your glasses and you need to read something, all you need is a leaf and a tiny stick, or a piece of paper and a pin. Robert Krampf explains it at the Science Education Company. I just tried his simple technique and…
In an article entitled "When Words Decide," Barry Schwartz (writing in the August/September 2007 edition of Scientific American Mind [not available online]) gives some good examples demonstrating the great power of default choices. These examples add more fuel for a long burning fire-that people are not the rational careful-thinking beings…