Denyse O'Leary
New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”
A Case Study in Why Peer Review May Be Unreformable
McIntosh and Hudson Vitale illustrate, by their very zeal to eliminate pro-life researchers, the built-in corruption of the peer review process
Philosopher Explains How We Can Know That Consciousness Is Real
Fighting Pseudoscience With Empathy? Try a Little Humility First…
The accusation of “pseudoscience,” under the current science regime, has often become little more than an elite-driven smear against inconvenient data
Does the Brain Constrain the Mind Instead of Creating It?
There is no systematic, science-based reason today to think that’s not true and plenty of evidence suggests that it is
Does Plagiarism Really Matter Any More?
Yes, if we don’t want a world drowning in merely private truths
Can Science Tell Us Whether Our Cats Love Us?
Researchers have found out some intriguing things about the way cats react to humans
A Darwinian Argument for a Global Government
The evolutionary researchers worry that we have not evolved to be worthy of a global government and will face ecological ruin in consequence.
Deciphering the Hidden Meanings of Cave Art
In many cases, there are more dots and lines than animals, which suggests some sort of early information system
AI Will Disrupt Everything — But Forget the Robot Apocalypse!
It will be a slow, steady, measured disruption, like the one the printing press created
A Biochemist Begins To Sense the Limits of Materialism
William Reville seems both confident and uncertain at the same time that science can crack the problem of consciousness
Why Logician Kurt Gödel Believed in Life After Death
He saw human folly as an opportunity to reform and learn, because our souls are immortal whether we like it or not
Why Don’t We Hear So Much About “False Information” Any More?
The new censorship target, “disinformation,” means something profoundly different, and the difference is scary
What Was It Like To Grow Up in the Paleolithic era?
We are learning much about our ancestors’ lives from the less highly publicized finds
Great Ideas, Like All Ideas, Are Immaterial in Principle
The main reasons we hear more ideas today is that we are building on basic past ideas plus there are many more human beings and communications systems
Science vs Religion Debate: Uselessness Cubed
Science no longer means anything like what Dr. Pierre hopes that it does
Why Do People Who Want to Dumb Down Education Pick Math?
When right and wrong answers are clear, rewarding the wrong answer is an easier victory for them to celebrate.
Does It Take a PR Agency to Make Neanderthals Human?
It’s interesting to watch how science writing on Neanderthals has changed over the years