Psychology and Psychiatry, Dr Smoller Says Start With “Normal”

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While the field of psychiatry has helped us understand disorders that affect millions of people around the world, Dr. Jordan Smoller argues that it has also failed us in many ways. In particular, he argues that we should be focusing more of our efforts on how the “normal” brain works. Only then, he believes, can we truly understand [...]

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The TPP, Destroying the Internet and the Economy

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The current leaders of the countries that are members of the TPP (photo credit to Gobierno de Chile) While this isn’t a political blog, every once in a while politics start to get personal. The TPP (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership) poses a threat to the Internet and the economy, and therefore, me. As a result, for [...]

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Friday Roundup: Fractal Drumming and Magnetic Dreams

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I’ve decided to start doing a regular feature on this site to keep things moving. From now on, every Friday I’ll be touching base to keep you updated on some of the latest discoveries in science. This Friday, we discover that “random” errors in drumming aren’t actually random, and magnetic fields influence our dreams, among [...]

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Creativity and the Science of Innovation (With Infographics)

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(I’d like to thank Sam McNerny and all the researchers mentioned below for their insights and feedback on this article. I’d like to thank Nancy Napier for the idea to include infographics.) What if creativity wasn’t what you thought it was? What if it was measurable, repeatable, almost tangible? What if it was possible to [...]

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Science and Religion: Why Does Religion Exist?

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…maybe… I’ll come out and say it. I’m an atheist. Those who have been reading this blog for quite some time probably won’t be surprised by this, but I’ve avoided bringing it up before for one simple reason. The word atheism is riddled with implications. Perhaps the strongest implication is that an atheist has to believe [...]

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