by Carl Howard | Aug 25, 2015 | Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, Medicine, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness
Here’s a belated liveblog of the panel, which I thought would be focussed on making our definition of wellness more scientific but was actually about the wellness (ie. CAM) industry. There’s also a podcast about the panel on Radio National. DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS ON...
by Carl Howard | Jul 28, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, History
[CN: War, starvation, genocide] The legacy of WWII is a much bigger deal in the former Soviet Union than can be imagined in many other countries. The Victory Day celebrations of May 9th are a major international event in Moscow (although this year’s 70th anniversary...
by Carl Howard | Jun 23, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Interesting Stuff, Race
Futility Closet is a podcast where the hosts explore historical oddities, trivia and strange tales. I like it a lot, but they have a fairly specific tone, I guess to increase its mass appeal. It’s apolitical, avoids [IMO] controversial topics and since it’s about...
by Carl Howard | Jun 16, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Race, Sex
[CN: Racist imagery below] … … … … … … … … … … … … What does the image above make you think? While there’s a wide range of possible reactions, I predict the vast majority of people would be simultaneously repulsed by the racist imagery while possibly agreeing...
by Carl Howard | May 19, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, Race
In the last few days, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (the living Boston marathon bomber) has been in the news again. Having been convicted on all counts in April, he has just now been sentenced to death by lethal injection. Coming off the recent executions of Andrew Chan and...
by Carl Howard | Apr 7, 2015 | Biases and Fallacies, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
A few weeks ago, there was an item in international media that is a perfect example of what happens when you get a combination of bad science reporting, bad science and moral panics. The story was that apparently research has shown that men who take selfies show more...
