Science & Society

The Language Of Life

The question as to how many meanings a word can have came up in the discussion that followed "The Intelligence Paradox". Two excited respondents found the whole thing so alarming that they volunteered the following helpful hints to improve my ap ...

Article - Steve Davis - Mar 12 2012 - 12:18am

How To Get People On Food Stamps To Buy More Organic Food

Food stamps are not food stamps now, they are the  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits- and record numbers of Americans are receiving them. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 18 2012 - 8:42pm

Requiem for Humanity — Artificial Intelligence, Androids/Biobots

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 18 2012 - 11:29pm

British Finally Ask For Lower Fuel Taxes

The problem with usage taxes is that government really has no reason to lower the price of fuel.  The more fuel costs, the more they generate in duties and therefore the more people they can hire that will vote for them to get re-elected. It isn't a ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 19 2012 - 10:25am

Coregasm Revisited: Sex At The Gym That Won't Get You Divorced

A study by Indiana University researchers on "coregasm" says it has confirmed anecdotal evidence that exercise can lead to female orgasms. Good news for health clubs everywhere? Maybe.  But it's been darn hard to pin down reliable data on it ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 19 2012 - 9:34pm

Egyptians Rally Around Fighting Big Tobacco

You've heard of Egypt; they were in the news last year for riots and for making Twitter relevant. But dictatorships, oppression of women, sexual discrimination and religious intolerance are apparently not the most important cultural fight they face, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 23 2012 - 4:20pm

Dear Energy Secretary: If You've Lost Jimmy Fallon, You've Lost The Country

When Energy Secretary Steven Chu was appointed, it was a bit of a policy worry.  Yes, he has a Nobel prize in physics but being a scientist has never shown to be any great benefit for policy. Despite the myth that scientists are stoic and serious and unemo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 6 2014 - 12:50pm

From The Minds Of Best Sellers: Mastery As A Process

The Objective The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways in which humans go about “mastering” a task. Mastery is characterized by comprehensive knowledge or skill in a subject. To be a master or specialist of a task demonstrates dedication, persever ...

Article - Alex Atwood - Mar 23 2012 - 4:15pm

Requiem for Humanity — Economics

ECONOMICS    Many observers of human history have recognized cycles of behavior. Most of them have attempted to quantify these wave patterns of behavior hoping to be able to use them to predict the future. A recent interpreter of these cycles is John Cast ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 23 2012 - 4:46pm

Trust In Science Has Declined Among Conservatives- Why?

There was a time when people on the right trusted science far more than moderates and liberals. Distrust of scientists, including levels that verged on raging paranoia, was limited to the left side of the political spectrum. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 29 2018 - 12:19pm