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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Ethics 101
In a recent column at Business Week, Bruce Weinstein (aka "The Ethics Guy") argues that multitasking is unethical. He writes of his own technologically assisted slide into doing too many tasks at once: I noticed that the more things I...
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Category: Ethics 101
Earlier this week, Ed Yong posted an interesting discussion about psychological research that suggests people have a moral thermostat, keeping them from behaving too badly -- or too well:...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:18 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Having filed grades and extricated myself from the demands of my job, at least temporarily, I have come with my better half and offspring to the stomping grounds of my better half's youth. Well, kind of....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:55 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In the 20/27 December 2007 issue of Nature, there's a fascinating commentary by Cambridge University neuroscientists Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir. Entitled "Professor's little helper," this commentary explores, among other things, how "cognitive-enhancing drugs" are starting to find their way...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:02 PM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Another episode in the continuing saga, "Janet is a tremendous Luddite." Back when I was "between Ph.D.s" one of the things I did so I could pay rent was work as an SAT-prep tutor. The company I worked for didn't...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:44 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Minds and/or brains
In the May 18th issue of Science, there's a nice review by Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg [1] of the literature from developmental psychology that bears on the question of why adults in the U.S. are stubbornly resistant to...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
