Tag: dogmatism
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Not "good science"!
No no no! This is not "good science"! (1) For eons some people like to define what is "correct". Different names - "holy", "divine", "scientific" - always implying the same vanity and lust for control...
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ESP, sixth sense, beliefs, beliefs.
Ever get the feeling you have extrasensory perception, or ESP -- a "sixth sense" that gives you powers of perception that transcend the familiar five senses? Well, you're wrong about that. A new study, published online Jan. 13 in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that there's simply no such thing as a sixth sense. Didn't…
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Dogmatic Religion = Dogmatic Science = Belief in senses!
A belief in the literal Biblical version of creation may boil down, in part, to personality. A new study suggests that people who believe in creationism are more likely to prefer to take in information via their senses versus via intuition. In contrast, religious believers who see the Bible's creation story as symbolic tend to…
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Mindfulness' meditation. Gene expression.
It's no secret that mindfulness meditation - a practice that encourages focusing attention on the present moment - can ease emotional stress. And evidence is mounting that mindfulness also may have key benefits for your physical health - from lowering blood pressure to helping curb addiction. But a new study conducted by researchers working in…
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Feeling different! Feeling human!
Two interesting news... First: Where do humans fall in the food chain? You can probably already guess it's somewhere between cows and polar bears, but a new study now puts a number to it: Somewhere between 2.0 and 2.6, depending on where you live. That's on a scale of 1 to about 5, in which…
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