This is a cross-post from my personal blog; I'm copying it here for Erich, so he can argue with me. I'm bored at work; I think an argument would help. An atheist organization has filed suit over Obama’s plan to be sworn in on a Bible, for God to be…
What happens to our brains when we sit at our computers for long periods of time interacting with the cyber world? This question was considered in an article called "Meet Your iBrain," appearing in the October/November 2008 issue of scientific American Mind. The authors cite a 2005 Kaiser family foundation…
It's a simple problem in mechanics, and several stuffed animals weigh in.
Alternet has interviewed Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker on the credibility of science. Pinker's answer bears on many of the discussions we've had at this site. In the following excerpt, Pinker distinguishes the scientific method from the "method" of politics, though his logic applies to most things that are not science…
Over at Daylight Atheism, Ebonmuse points out the practice and problems of using testimonials in lieu of trustworthy evidence. It's part of his series on critical thinking. On an almost-related matter, see this DI post on what it means to be "certain."