What do you do when a cat poops on the airplane after you almost die in a plane crash?

Last night, I was flying from St. Louis to Minneapolis to participate in the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform.  I was flying in a small jet (the kind that holds about 60 passengers). As we approached the Minneapolis airport, we started going through storm clouds.  Undeterred, the pilot started…

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How to fear

The June/July 2007 issue of Scientific American Mind presents in article by David G. Myers entitled "The Powers and Perils of Intuition." (this particular article is not available online except to subscribers).  The starting point for many articles on intuition is the work Kahneman and Tversky, who explored shortcuts we…

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