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Category Archives: On research
Healthy Singles
A study published in the September edition of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior is in the news. The researchers, Debra Umberson and Hui Liu, looked at data from the National Health Interview Survey from 1972-2003 to investigate the … Continue reading
Serious Questions about the Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) by Phil Zimbardo has been for me an example of the astonishing things that we humans are capable of. I guess as an example of human gullibility, I had not been skeptical about the experiment, … Continue reading
Posted in On research, Science, Skeptical musings
Tagged critique, Erich Fromm, Stanford Prison Experiment, Zimbardo
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Updates on Gender, Science and Discrimination
There are a couple of interesting recent studies that provide updates to the gender and science discussion between Harvard professors Steven Pinker and Elizabeth Spelke both pointing toward Spelke’s side of the argument that most, if not all, of the … Continue reading
Evidence for the Adaptive Unconscious
Timothy D. Wilson’s book Strangers To Ourselves provides compelling evidence for an adaptive unconscious, a part of us that evolved to make decisions for us. Wilson’s evidence came mostly from psychological experiments, which did not involve brain scans. There is … Continue reading
Posted in On research, Science
Tagged adaptive unconscious, decision making, Timothy Wilson
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Barbara Oakley’s Evil Genes
In a recent talk by Barbara Oakley, she summarized some of her findings from her book Evil Genes. Essentially, she wanted to talk about people who have difficulty getting in touch with themselves. Similar to a Point of Inquiry interview … Continue reading
Posted in On research, Science
Tagged Barbara Oakley, borderline personality disorder, evil genes, narcissim, psychopathy
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Doubt Makers
During my exchange with Pat Frank in the comments to my post on the climate crisis, he raised a question about CO2‘s pollutant status. When I researched the question, I found a write up by Weather Underground that recounted the … Continue reading
Posted in On research, Politics, Science, Skeptical musings
Tagged climate crisis, environment
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