Psychology

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Why Do Humans Reason?

Friday, May 6th, 2011

A recent paper published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences has been getting a lot of attention.  It covers a very interesting topic:  Why are humans so bad at reasoning in some contexts, yet so amazingly good in others?  It’s argued that human reasoning was not designed to help us discover the truth; it was designed [...]

Morality As A Bottom-Up Process

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

I just finished listening to a very interesting social psychology lecture. Fortunately, I am able to embed it so I will post it up for all of you here on my site as well.  The professor is Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Virginia. haidt.postpartisan-social-psychology More PowerPoint presentations from [...]

What Is Truth?

Monday, March 14th, 2011

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a philosophical post, and tonight I decided to write down my current thoughts about the nature of truth and knowledge.  So, let’s get right to it – what is truth? This may sound like a meaningless statement.  After all, truth is, and there’s no more to say.  [...]

Bill O’Reilly and God

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Several months ago we all heard Bill O’Reilly offer his proof for the existence of God by simply stating, “the tides go in, the tides go out, never a miscommunication.” I had completely forgotten about this until just earlier today when I was reading Bertrand Russell’s book The Analysis Of Matter and I came across [...]

The Media and Charlie Sheen

Monday, March 7th, 2011

If you haven’t noticed, everyone’s talking about Charlie Sheen.  It seems the media wants to destroy the man, and I find that bizarre.  I just finished reading an excellent article entitled The Cannibalization of Charlie Sheen, by Anthony Gregory.  The author brings out some important points, and I wanted to share them with all of [...]

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