tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321171371087173052024-03-13T18:02:50.345-04:00Blind SightAn everyday philosophical, psychological, and mystical exploration of the paradoxes, indefiniteness, and blind sight (BS) that pervade the structures of human knowledge from the Old Testament to the New England Journal of Medicine.Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936307978814298308noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732117137108717305.post-84301409665529096582010-12-30T08:43:00.004-05:002010-12-30T09:13:31.084-05:00Blindsight featured on Montreal's Brain-Awareness-Week Brain BlogBrain Awareness Week (BAW) is a special annual event implemented in various cities around the world. BAW's mission is to communicate research in neuroscience to the general public in an effort to promote interest in the brain. In Montreal, BAW will be held March 14th - 20th. I have joined the BAW Montreal team as a science writer for their brain blog. My first feature concerns a familiar topic -Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13019848134112507828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732117137108717305.post-84443416142246256952010-01-22T13:16:00.000-05:002010-01-22T14:20:33.689-05:00Grey is in...Here's a great opinion piece from the New York Times that approximates what i've been driving at here. Must There Be a Bottom Line? is a review of a book by philosopher Barbara Herrnstein Smith who argues that science and religion constitute distinct, but not necessarily incompatible, epistemological systems.
Insofar as we think of these systems as representing an "underneath-it-all" reality, Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936307978814298308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732117137108717305.post-91125923942363664112010-01-15T19:34:00.000-05:002010-01-15T19:49:07.164-05:00Halak vs Price: The Definitive Test…[pause]…NOT!This post is a slight departure from the content of my usual murmurings on religious faith. But because hockey has, arguably, achieved religious status in Montreal, I feel that the full-blown quackery that often surrounds the Canadiens (and especially their goaltenders), warrants some attention here.
There’s been a lot of debate (nay, controversy) recently concerning the Habs’ goaltending: Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936307978814298308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732117137108717305.post-8111139795099418812010-01-07T11:33:00.000-05:002010-01-07T11:42:52.718-05:00The Blunders of Belief: Part I - Confirmation BiasThis is the first of a series of posts that will examine beliefs from a psychological perspective. There are numerous studies demonstrating that (1) belief is a fundamental part of human experience (even for notorious skeptics) and (2) humans are hard-wired to cling to their beliefs regardless of their inherent value. In this series, I will explore research that reveals the feebleness of the Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936307978814298308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732117137108717305.post-33826500930403704572009-12-28T14:55:00.000-05:002009-12-28T15:12:57.801-05:00Blindsight: Evidence that we don't have souls!From time immemorial, philosophers have professed that we are supremely conscious beings, distinguished from other animals by the possession of a flickering soul. Religious thinkers especially believe that unlike lesser species, humans are dichotomous creatures - part material and part spiritual. There are many different versions of this view (commonly referred to as mind-body dualism), each Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936307978814298308noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732117137108717305.post-39462532688232472012009-12-22T17:26:00.001-05:002010-08-17T14:01:04.954-04:00About the blog (and the blogger)
There is an ongoing war between scientists and religious philosophers waged on many different fronts (epistemological, moral, and political). Combatants on both sides believe that they can beat the enemy. But as one side builds their arsenal, the other grows in numbers and both become increasingly entrenched in their own views.
This blog is not about the war per se, but about the delusion Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936307978814298308noreply@blogger.com0