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'Psychology' Archive
“Everyone Believes in Something”
Three simple words. "No, they don't." A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a former CUT member who I hadn't ...
The Sadomasochism of “Hard As Nails”
There's only one word for what unordained Catholic minister Justin Fatica does, and that's sadomasochism. Not in a sexual sense, of course, but in the sense ...
Refusing to Hide: Dialogue With a 12-Year-Old Atheist
This summer, two of my closest college friends and their 12-year-old daughter came for a visit. I hadn't seen them in a decade. These guys, (at ...
Leon R. Kass’ Sentimentality Flayed by Logic
Well, for Leon R Kass’ benefit, the reality is that we are indeed a very small speck in a very large universe. It's also a reality that many of the ...
The Home Schooling Question
[UPDATE 11.01.07: From some of the comments, it's clear this should have been two separate stories. There are really two separate problems with home schooling. The ...
Drought, Peak Oil, and Climate Change: the Future is Now
Climate change denialists are crackpots of the worst kind. In this article, I will demonstrate how they are also dangerous. Whether or not they are also ...
9/11 Conspiracy Wackos Disrupt Bill Maher
October 19, 2007 was the wildest Bill Maher show ever. Several people screaming about WTC "building 7" and other incomprehensible nonsense disrupted Maher's panel discussion, and had to ...
Repressed Shadow’s a Bitch
Utah ranks No. 1 in the nation — and sometimes the world — for using Google to search the Web for such terms as "Jesus," "family history," "Harry Potter," "Mormon," ...
God gets all credit and no blame in Peru earthquake
A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Peru, killing at least 337 people and injuring hundreds more, Peru's civil defence institute says. TV reports said 17 people ...
Man cuts off hand for Hindu goddess offering
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A 23-year-old Nepali man cut off his right hand after morning prayers and offered it to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power, the Annapurna Post local daily ...
Gwen Shamblin’s ‘Weigh Down’ gets a wet kiss from CNN
Gwen Shamblin's PR department must be celebrating. Score! A heartwarming story from CNN about Maggie and Andy Sorrels, a couple who lost a combined 580 ...
Margaret Somerville’s Other Ways of Knowing
Margaret Somerville's Other Ways of Knowing from ottawacitizen.com
Reason is the primary "way of knowing" in science and it is fundamental to the scientific method that produces scientific knowledge. ...
Independence of Thought
Since it's July 4th, I'd like to begin by wishing everyone an enjoyable holiday. It's going to be a hot one at 103F (39.4C) here in ...
Babies lie to their parents before they can talk
Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies learn ...
Vatican’s Ten Commandments for Motorists
"Cars tend to bring out the 'primitive' side of human beings, thereby producing rather unpleasant results," the document said. It appealed to what it called the "noble ...
The Complicity of Members in Cultic Social Manipulation
It is not enough to blame leadership for the power dynamics and destructive nature of cults and religions. Members play an important and symbiotic role.
A "cult" ...
Americans Negative on State of Nation’s Moral Values
More than 8 in 10 Americans think morality is getting worse, representing a slight increase in the past three years. The groups of Americans who are most negative about moral ...
Worried families ditch their Wi-Fi
Sinead Griffiths, a researcher from Walthamstow, north-east London, also had Wi-Fi removed from her home. She says: "There is not enough information available on the subject. I don't want to ...
Swiss suicide clinics ‘helping depressives die’
Prosecutors are calling for tougher regulations on Switzerland's assisted suicide clinics after uncovering evidence that some of the foreign clients they help to die are simply depressed rather than suffering ...
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural
The results were showing that when the volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in ...
Georgians praying for rain
ATLANTA (AP) - Neighbors are turning in neighbors for violating water restrictions, farmers are jittery about crops and churchgoers are praying for rain as Georgia suffers through one of its ...
Clark Adams: 1969-2007
The Humanist community mourns the death of Clark Davis Adams, a greatly influential freethought leader and activist, and a person of integrity and personal honesty who expressed his Humanism through ...
Wife blames military gambling for husband’s suicide
BANGOR, Maine (CNN) -- Carrie Walsh's husband was a decorated Apache helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army. But years ago, Aaron Walsh started playing slot machines on military bases. He ...
Man conned by fraudsters claiming religious morality
Founders of a defunct Provo credit services company defrauded a California man out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by persuading him to take out a home loan, promising a ...
Sportswriter Mike Penner comes out as transsexual
During my 23 years with The Times' sports department, I have held a wide variety of roles and titles. Tennis writer. Angels beat reporter. Olympics writer. Essayist. Sports media critic. ...