OK, time for a few links. First up, there’s a very good new blog by cognitive anthropologists called Alpha Psy. I disagreed pretty strongly with some of the points in their post on terror management theory, but overall I’ve really enjoyed the blog so far. I strongly recommend the post on majority rule, “Long Live…

Been a while, but I thought I’d start doing this again now and then. First, the serious link. If you haven’t read about the doctor and five nurses who have been unjustly sentenced to death in Libya, you should. Unfortunately, I don’t think any amount outcry in this country will change the verdict, but it…

The second edition of The Synapse is up over at A Block Around the Clock. I especially liked “Are You Conscious of Your Precuneous” and Ethics at the Dawn of the Neurotechnological Age.” Elsewhere, John Hawks tackles Aymara, “the future is behind us” thing, with some links to some nice discussion at Language Log as…