by Carl Howard | Jul 8, 2011 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Language, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
I’ve recently realised that not everyone is aware of this wonderful sentence. Having unrestricted access to a blog, I might as well introduce it. But first, a bit about garden path sentences. These are a lot of fun. They’re sentences which while grammatical have...
by Carl Howard | Apr 27, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Philosophy
There seems to be an interesting relationship between a key puzzle in metaethics and a key puzzle about consciousness. In the field of metaethics, the main aim is generally to propose a theory of what it means for something to be moral, with justification. (It is the...
by Carl Howard | May 3, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
I think the most famous quote from Stalin, or at least the one most famous outside the Russian-speaking world is “The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic”. This looks to be an urban legend but the sentiment is certainly true. We are...
by Carl Howard | Apr 20, 2010 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
I’ve come across some very interesting brain disorders as part of my uni reading (as well from blogs etc). Just as examples of poor design form the best evidence for evolution, so too do the brain’s imperfections tell us more than a “normal” brain. Here’s a list of...
by Carl Howard | Jun 22, 2009 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness
[Uni coursework is over so woo-hoo to more blogging!] Milgram’s experiment is one of the most popularly known psychology experiments. Basically, a subject was to administer electric shocks of increasing intensity to a student (who was really an actor taking fake...
by Carl Howard | Sep 22, 2008 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
You’re at home, enjoying a hot drink on a winter’s day. You have a dog resting beside you on the floor, staring nobly into the fire. A large clump of snow (if you don’t live in a country with snow, pretend) falls from the roof making a sharp thud. What happens next?...
