Neurosurgical patients get closer to God
Category: Neuroscience
Removal of two specific parts of the brain leads to increased self-transcendence, an important aspect of spirituality
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Religion:
Google Earth image of Moses parting the Red Sea
Category: Art
God's Eye View, which depicts four biblical events as if captured by Google Earth, is the work of The Glue Society, a collective of writers, designers and art/ film directors based in Sydney, Australia.Says Glue Society member James Dive:...
Posted by Mo at 7:40 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
American theocracy
Category: Politics
The New York Times Magazine contains a long article about the close ties between evangelical Christians and the Republican party....
Posted by Mo at 3:42 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Guidelines for Muslim worship from the International Space Station
Category: Religion
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon aboard the Russian rocket that is now on its way to the International Space Station, can observe Ramadan and perform other acts of Muslim worship by following the guidelines set out in this...
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Freeman Dyson: "Dawkins is doing a lot of damage...global warming is grossly exaggerated"
Category: Links
Below are a few quotes from this interview with theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson, whose new book, A Many-colored Glass, is about to be published.On science, religion and Richard Dawkins: I think it's only a small fraction of people who think...
Posted by Mo at 5:21 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The ethnobiology of voodoo zombification
Category: Pharmacology
The word "zombie" usually brings to mind the creatures depicted in numerous horror films - the mindless, rotting "living dead" who shuffle with their arms stretched out in front of them, devouring the flesh of their victims. Zombies feature...
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The Enemies of Reason, Part 2
Category: Religion
In his Channel 4 documentary The Enemies of Reason, Richard Dawkins attacks what he rightly regards as an epidemic of irrational thinking, or, as he puts it, humanity's "retreat into the fog of the superstitious past." He notes, for...
Posted by Mo at 6:53 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lobotomy & young-earth creationists
Category: Neuroscience
My recent post on prefrontal lobotomy has been the most popular thing on this blog so far, and the comments on it are worth reading. While searching for more information about lobotomies and the neuroleptic drugs that replaced them,...
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CT scans suggest that the "heretical" pharaoh was Tutankhamun's father
Category: Archaeology
Most people recognize Tutankhamun as the boy-king of ancient Egypt. He is the most well-known pharaoh because his tomb was discovered apparently intact* and, more importantly, because it contained the magnificent gold mask that has become an icon of...
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