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It would be a horrible cliché to begin a post about the reconstructive nature of autobiographical memory with a Proust quote, so instead I'll begin with something only slightly less cliché: beginning something about memory by talking about my own...
Posted on March 24, 2008 7:22 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Looks like a couple of my fellow SBers have managed to get a date and location for their presidential debate on science, and have invited the candidates (Clinton, Obama, Huckabee, and McCain). I still think this is an absolutely terrible...
Posted on February 12, 2008 12:54 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sorry to bring this up again, as I'm sure most of you couldn't care less, but something about the idea of a presidential debate on science-related issues really bugs me, and I've been trying to figure out exactly what that...
Posted on December 11, 2007 12:56 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you haven't heard, fellow ScienceBloggers Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum of The Intersection have launched a movement called Sciencedebate 2008, in which they demand that the presidential candidates have a debate entirely on science and science-related issues. They've received...
Posted on December 10, 2007 3:44 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I know I've said this before, but I'm going to say it again. Anyone who reads the fundamentalist atheist blogs (you know, like the biggest blog on ScienceBlogs) knows that these people have a lot of passion and energy. They...
Posted on June 29, 2007 6:15 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post describing some research showing that there are cognitive barriers to understanding evolution. There I listed three specific factors: Intuitive theism, in which our intuitions lead us to make design inferences...
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Posted on May 28, 2007 9:30 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
While I think it's obvious to anyone with eyes (a category that seems to grow smaller by the day) that within the anti-religious bigotry today there is an underlying feeling of superiority, an unliberal belittling of the little guy, a...
Posted on March 1, 2007 9:33 AM • 69 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
There's an interesting statistical comparison between the 1994 Republican victory and the 2006 Democratic victory at the Columbia stats blog. From the post: The Democrats' victory in the 2006 election has been compared to the Republicans' in 2004. But the...
Posted on November 10, 2006 8:20 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Since I posted on a really bad study that's outside of my area of expertise the other day, I thought I should make it up to you by posting on what I think is a good study by Gelman et...
Posted on October 19, 2006 2:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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