Category: Psychology
The issue of the dark triad in the debates over design — the danger of cossetting an asp of evolutionary materialism-driven cold, manipulative narcissism, machiavellianism and sociopathy from Alcibiades to today
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Psychology, Science, worldview issues and society, Stirring the pot (tentative thoughts/explorations) |
“Cool” is often presented as the iconic, somewhat glamorous state of being calm, collected, in control. It is often viewed as highly desirable, sexy, balanced, stylish, just plain “right.” Oh, soo, desirable . . . But, beneath the surface of “cool,” there too often lurks a reptilian coldly amoral ferocity that marks all the difference… more
Hard left trend of social psychologists now documented
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Psychology |
The critical problem isn’t just the ideology. It is the huge amount of outright fraud that has plagued the discipline in recent years – in part as a direct result. more
Psychology association – target of a bunk watch, no less! – fronts politics as “brain wiring”
| May 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, News, Psychology |
So, if voters are losing their jobs because of government decisions, the best way to understand their response is to theorize about neuroscience findings? Hither, bunkwatch! more
Trying to understand the psychology of fraud
| May 6, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy, Psychology |
” … a bigger puzzle remains: How did Toby’s fraud spread? How did a lie on a mortgage application balloon into a $7 million fraud?” more
Researchers claim: Atheists confronting death become more receptive to religious belief
| April 6, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Intelligent Design, News, Psychology |
Maybe this will make some atheists think twice about setting much store by these kinds of studies. more
Yale historian: Materialist cognitive scientist Steven Pinker’s book is “unscientific”
| January 2, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Psychology |
“He provides horrifying descriptions of premodern killings, but not of their modern counterparts, which generates a certain narrative bias.” more
How can we end the scandals in science if we misrepresent their cause?
| December 10, 2011 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Peer review, Psychology, Science |
We are awash in attention-getting studies claiming all kinds of rubbish. more
Was Norway shooter a Social Darwinian terrorist?
| July 24, 2011 | Posted by DLH under Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, Ethics, Evolutionary psychology, Psychology |
Breivik instead hails Charles Darwin, whose evolutionary theories stand in contrast to the claims of the Bible, and affirms: “As for the Church and science, it is essential that science takes an undisputed precedence over biblical teachings.
[Note: Also, the Finnish school shooter and the Columbine shooters attributed their actions to Darwinism. Barry Arrington here was the lawyer for the Columbine victims and … more
How ID sheds light on the classic free will dilemma
| July 11, 2011 | Posted by Eric Holloway under Design inference, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Psychology |
The standard argument against free will is that it is incoherent. It claims that a free agent must either be determined or non-determined. If the free agent is determined, then it cannot be responsible for its choices. On the other hand, if it is non-determined, then its choices are random and uncontrolled. Neither case preserves… more
Coffee!! Human nature vs The Experts
| April 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Psychology |
Remember this as you direct your aid dollar wisely: Are there really more than a billion people going to bed hungry each night? Our research on this question has taken us to rural villages and teeming urban slums around the world, collecting data and speaking with poor people about what they eat and what else… more
Does Good come from God II – Harris vs Lane
| April 8, 2011 | Posted by DLH under Atheism, Creationism, Design inference, Ethics, Evolutionary psychology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science |
The debate: Does Good Come From God II by Sam Harris vs William Lane Harris 7 April 2011 at Notre Dame is now on YouTube. Part 1 of 9 – Harris vs Craig – Does Good Come From God more
Psychologist: Human freedom holds up to scientific scrutiny
| April 7, 2011 | Posted by News under Mind, Psychology |
In “Jules Evans on Neuroscience and Polytheism”, psychologist Evansoffers that we can make too much of claims that humans are ruled by unconscious motives (April 6, 2011). Such a claim forms a basis for “neurolaw” and “neuromarketing” ( also here (law and marketing as if you didn’t really exist). He notes, The ancients’ idea that… more
From Theories, Inc. You only favour ID because you are afraid to die! (And we, your Darwinist superiors, can just make stuff up with impunity)
| April 4, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under Psychology |
Well some profs say, in this recent academic push poll (“Death Anxiety Prompts People to Believe in Intelligent Design, Reject Evolution, Study Suggests,” ScienceDaily, March 30, 2011). They did an experiment that they say demonstrates it: Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people’s death anxiety can… more
Freud and Darwin II
| October 16, 2009 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Biology, Darwinism, Human evolution, Psychology, Science |
I was originally going to post this as a response to David Coppedge’s post, but it got too long. The relationship between Freud and Darwin – both intellectually and institutionally – is more complicated than has been suggested here. Although Freud had top-notch academic credentials, his career was always that of an outsider, whose main… more
Freud down, Darwin next?
| October 16, 2009 | Posted by David Coppedge under Darwinism, Human evolution, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychology, Science |
Sigmund Freud had immeasurable impact on modern culture. Along with Marx and Darwin, he was one of the great modern thinkers, whose “science” of psychology and treatment, psychoanalysis, defined modern concepts of human nature for generations. His theories (based largely on Darwinism) brought new words into popular vocabulary–id, ego, super-ego, the unconscious. His ideas influenced… more
SETI Gets New Toys!
| August 19, 2009 | Posted by Mario A. Lopez under Eyes Rolling, Humor, Just For Fun, Off Topic, Psychology, Religion |
Quest to find life beyond Earth gets technological boosts By Andrea Pitzer, Special for USA TODAY 8/19/09 The search for intelligent life in the universe is still on. Despite the absence of interstellar tourists to date, astronomers at the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) are hoping that we are not alone. And with new… more
Correlation does not imply causation unless Darwin is involved
| June 2, 2009 | Posted by Jack Cole under Darwinism, Psychology, Science |
You have probably heard the saying, “correlation does not imply causation.” In other words, just because two things are associated, it does not mean that one causes the other. Perhaps this time-honored standard of scientific investigation should be amended based on what is often practiced by Darwinists. I propose, “correlation and Darwinian storytelling imply causation.”… more