That slipped out along with some lofty comments about how people need to read more and how he's forced to do his serious reading in the summers between Court terms. That makes some people, like Tony Mauro, the author of the linked article, wonder about rumors that he may be leaving the Court: If he ...

John Medina's excellent book Brain Rules has received quite a bit of attention already (see my original post based on the videos and online information I explored first on John's website, as well as Donald Clark's recent review), but I've only just got round to reading it properly and I want to take...

TALLAHASSEE, AP–Bobby Bowden appealed to the NCAA to include wins from his past before. He may have to do it again. Florida State will appeal the NCAA ruling in an academic fraud case including the vacating of 14 wins, but should the University lose the appeal Bowden will likely try a new tack...

Here is a good article that sums up my perspective on Christianity, especially the bolded paragraph. There is no question n my mind that evolution has provided a sort of boobytrap in that it causes us to impute intentionality to all sorts of things that don’t necessarily have it, but that̵...

Just in case you’re wondering, yes you can improve your intelligence! It used to be believed that people had a level of general intelligence with which they were born that was unaffected by environment and stayed the same, more or less, throughout life. But now it’s known that environmental ...

Scientific American Mind takes a look at the complex idea of embedded metaphors - the idea that many of our concepts are determined by the physicality of our bodies. This is not a new idea - George Lakoff has done seminal work in this area - and it was explored quite deeply (and slightly differently...

[image source] The New Scientist posted this interesting look at how the evolution of a "theory of mind" - the recognition we have that others also have an interior consciousness (this begins in kids around the age of two or three) - might explain the creation of the idea of God. 'Theory of mind' co...

Self-identified rational people take pride in the fact that they can't be easily manipulated, but of course that's the pride part of their dumb monkey brains talking. Here's an interesting study that measured whether hard-to-pronounce words were perceived as riskier than words that were easier to pr...

Venice beach Originally uploaded by dailyclerks Rode our bikes from home to Venice. Whew! And then had a hot dog and lemonade at Jody maronis. Yum! Bookmark to:         ...

Rod Dreher. Why?  In East Texas, a family is horrifically murdered by the boyfriend of the daughter in the family murdered.  The Mother's throat is cut with a sword that almost decapitates her.  The father is shot multiple times.  The 13-year-old son is murdered.  W...