Terror, Trauma and the Endless Afghan War, by Amy Goodman

At Truthdig.com Amy Goodman has written a piece about the emotional stress on people in the military and how the military fails to give aid ...

Will Religion Die Out Once We Become Immortal?

This idea was proposed to me about four years ago by my friend and weight training coach Bob Clapp (you can also view his blog here). He of...

Michael Shermer On “The Pattern Behind Self-Deception”

Michael Shermer's excellent talk from TED 2010 about how our natural ability to detect patterns can sometimes go horribly wrong, which ...

Proof that the Religious Don't Think

I read an interesting study that concluded that when devout theists listened to someone they believed was trustworthy parts of the brain tha...

Brain Stimulation Can Alter Our Moral Judgments, Study Suggests

From scientificblogging.com, it's been reported that stimulation of certain parts of the brain can influence our moral judgments. Fascin...

Is Free Will Located in Our Brains?

A recent article at newscientist.com points to some clues to this question.Possible site of free will found in brain07 May 2009 by Ewen Call...

Different Areas Of The Brain Respond To Belief, Disbelief And Uncertainty

From the website sciencedaily.com, I found the following article, which mentions some research that Sam Harris, and others, have been doing ...

Liberals' and Conservitives' Brains Are Wired Differently...

I just found this article online, and thought it was very interesting. It is currently located here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n...

What Helped Us is Now Killing Us

The human brain is the most developed of all other species on the planet. It is what enabled the human to outsmart and kill pray and protec...