by Carl Howard | Jan 26, 2016 | Biases and Fallacies, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Race
I adore maps and so usually enjoy I Fucking Love Maps on Facebook. Every now and then they post something infuriating. Because one of the best ways to bypass people’s bullshit detectors is to put your bullshit on a map. They’ve recently shared a project about “Mapping...
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 | 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 26, 2015 | Language, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
Studies of ereading Studies about how reading paper books compares to reading electronic devices like a Kobo have gotten some attention in the media. Which makes sense because it’s often a chance to have a great moral panic about how technology is now ruining reading,...
by Carl Howard | Apr 14, 2015 | Atheism and Religion, Evolution and Biology, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Philosophy
This is an oldie (from 2014) but a goodie. A legit science website (Science 2.0) publishes an blog post entitled Scientists discover that atheists might not exist, and that’s not a joke by Nury Vittachi. It’s a great example of what happens when you try to be so...
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...
