Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting at the 2013 Skeptics of Oz conference in Wichita, Kansas. Below is…
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Below is my latest interview, conducted excellently by Jonathan MS Pearce of the Skeptic Ink blog A Tippling Philosopher. In…
This is the fifth and final installment of my series on what we know (and don’t know) about intelligence and…
This is the fourth installment of my five part series on what we know (and don’t know) about intelligence and…
This post will review what we know, based on large studies and surveys, about the religious beliefs of scientists. As scientists are generally considered to be highly intelligent, this is an area of research relevant to the central question of this series – are non-theists smarter than theists?
This is the second installment of my five part series on what we know (and don’t know) about intelligence and religion. Inspired by questions about and challenges to a video I was in, particularly questions about my statement that the religious are not more or less intelligent than the non-religious. In part one, I introduced the series by briefly discussing some of the very diverse areas of one’s life that are impacted by your religious belief system.
The placebo effect is one of the most powerful, and yet most mysterious, effects seen in medicine and health fields. …
In short, the answer is yes. Recent research by computer scientists Kris Hauser and Casey Bennett at Indiana University has…
Well, it’s January again here in Oklahoma (and everywhere else on Earth, I suppose). That means two things happening –…
I have posted previously on the work of my fellow Oklahoman Monty Harper, an award winning children’s singer-songwriter who has…