This fragment of conversation was reported to me by a reliable witness. It occurred between a gentlemen we will call “Daffy” and Lawrence M. Krauss upon the occasion of the publication of […]
There’s An End On’t! Gazzaniga’s Who’s In Charge? Reviewed: Part II
Read Part I Statistical Measurements And speaking of measurement, first a word from our sponsor, BrainView Magnetic Window3, the world’s leading manufacturer of fMRI devices, the machines which produce colorful glowing pictures […]
There’s An End On’t! Gazzaniga’s Who’s In Charge? Reviewed: Part I
Who’s In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga On the evening of October 10th 1769, in one of his typically curt dismissals of a philosophical […]
What’s Up With The Sun? A New Book — Guest Post by Pål Brekke
Pål Brekke as a new book about the orange orb of delight that hovers over us. Our Explosive Sun is a colorful introduction that would be good for newcomers or those of […]
A Sermon You Won’t Forget: The Exorcist at 40
The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition by William Peter Blatty If you’re only familiar with the (original, 1973 version of the) movie, it might surprise you that The Exorcist is not a […]
Jeffrey Sachs Saves The World
The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs Says Jeffrey Sachs, economics professor at Columbia, “Economic theory indeed supports the view that high tax rates can actually […]
America’s Security and Taiwan’s Freedom — Guest Post by June Teufel Dreyer
We return to a topic which is of more importance than you want it to be: the possibility of Chinese belligerence. June Teufel Dreyer is a political science professor at the University […]
A Synthetic What? Lady Who Won Lotteries Is Statistician, More
Last big travel day. Off to the blue crammed into motorized sardine cans. I’ll begin looking at comments and email tomorrow. Medical Science Advances On Bottoms Turns out that I was wrong […]
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