De-lurking wrap-up

Thank you to the dozens of readers who took me up on my offer yesterday to give a personal response to every comment or question. As of this writing, I've got two comments left to respond to, and at that point I'm going to declare the offer expired (no complaints--you had your chance! And I've got to analyze this week's Casual Friday results at some point). This post is now actually the most active post on the entire ScienceBlogs network, so thanks again for all your great questions!

If you haven't had a chance to read through the questions, I'd encourage you to do so -- there are plenty of excellent ones, and surprisingly few duds. I do have one correction on that post -- I said we'd received 3,075 comments in the past year, but that's actually the total of comments for all of CogDaily's history. The real number for last year was probably more like 2,400, so the ratio of commenters to lurkers is even lower than I reported, not much more than 1 in 200.

So, if you want to know my views on consciousness, humor, peer review, altruism, religion, free will, gender differences, transhumanism, and even parapsychology, head on over there and check it out.

In other news:

• Women dress better at ovulation
• Old-timey men lusted solely for slim waists
• Researchers identify the gene behind the sleep cycle
• People in power less able to take the perspective of others