Upon further reading of Jane Austin’s Emma, I’ve taken to it a bit more than I thought I would. It is quite worthy as literature, although the actual text itself is a bit stuffy – and insufferably long-winded. But it does avail itself to insight on perspective. Specifically, it reaches deep into the psyche of [...]

Canabalt is going to ruin my life.

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We are born to believe in God ATHEISM really may be fighting against nature: humans have been hardwired by evolution to believe in God, scientists have suggested. The idea has emerged from studies of the way children’s brains develop and of the workings of the brain during religious experiences. They suggest that during evolution groups [...]

Milwaukee man arrested in connection to 9 killings MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man whose DNA authorities say linked him to the slayings of nine women since 1986 has been charged with two counts of homicide, with more charges expected later this week, police and prosecutors said Monday. Walter E. Ellis, 49, was taken into [...]

Economics is imperfect? Say it ain’t so: As I see it, the economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth. Until the Great Depression, most economists clung to a vision of capitalism as a perfect or nearly perfect system. That vision wasn’t sustainable in the face [...]

The nature of temptation Indeed, recent work has suggested that the very act of seeing oneself as a good person can make it harder to avoid doing immoral things. In part it’s a matter of rationalization, and the better a person we think we are, the better we are at rationalizing. In part it stems [...]

Forced Catheterization Used In DUI Case LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit claiming that police forcibly withdrew blood and urine from his body during a drunken driving arrest, WLWT-TV reported. According to the suit, police arrested Jamie Lockard, 53, on suspicion of drunken driving in March.A Breathalyzer test showed he was [...]

Logic and language are not the same thing It’s difficult for us to imagine what our mental lives would be like without language. Some theorists have even gone so far as to argue that language and logical thought are one and the same thing. A new brain imaging study challenges this notion by showing that [...]