Scientific Imperfections
Category: Culture
Sometimes, we get a glimpse into the world of scientific mistakes. It's not a pretty picture.
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 11:16 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Jonah Lehrer is a contributing editor at Wired. He's also written for The New Yorker, Seed, Nature, the Boston Globe and is a contributor to Radio Lab. He's the author of Proust Was A Neuroscientist. His new book is How We Decide.
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February 28, 2007
The Whole Foods Wars
Category: My So-Called Life
How Whole Foods kept me from buying local produce.
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 10:55 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 27, 2007
Economics, Statistics and Autism
Category: Culture
Should scientists welcome the statistical speculations of economists?
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 11:13 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Psychology and Religion
Category: Culture
It's dangerous to reduce complex cultural phenomena into oversimplified experiments.
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 10:46 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2007
Modeling the Future
Why it's so difficult to predict the future.
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 9:33 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 23, 2007
Inequality and Neuroscience
Category: Neuroscience
My last post on David Brooks, conservatism and neuroscience inspired a spirited debate. I argued that the discoveries of modern neuroscience seem to support liberal public policies focused on reducing levels of inequality: While conservatives tend to regard poverty as...
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 10:09 AM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
California, The Model
Category: Culture
What the rest of American can learn from California.
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 9:16 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 22, 2007
Behavioral Economics and Bureaucrats
Category: Neuroscience
Jane Galt mocks liberal interpretations of behavioral economics: [This] also applies to behavioural economics, which the left seems to believe is a magical proof of the benevolence of government intervention, because after all, people are stupid, so they need the...
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The World Cup Baby Boom
Category: Culture
The World Cup led to a surge in German pregnancies.
Posted by Jonah Lehrer at 11:45 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Autism and Neurodiversity
Category: Culture
A "low-functioning" autistic woman finds a way to express herself.
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