The Fragility of Our Reality: A Conversation with the Brain Behind PBS Miniseries on Neuroscience
When you get down to it, neuroscience is just brains studying brains. One upshot of…
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Does the Science Show that Spirituality Will Benefit Your Child?
Dozens and dozens of studies send a clear signal that that personal relationship with God is 80% protective against risky sex in girls.
Read MoreBuddha as Scientist, Entrepreneur & Self-Improvement Guru
4 (not especially noble) truths about “Buddhist Geeks.”
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Material(ist) Girl: A Philosopher Argues Against the Soul
The neurophilosopher, whose latest book argues that the brain is all we are, discusses yoga, her awkward talk with the Dalai Lama, the soul and what makes her want to tell someone to just “bugger off!”
Read MoreNew Study Claims to ‘Explain’ Near-Death Religious Experiences
And more importantly: do rats have souls?
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It’s All In Your Head: Patricia Churchland’s Touching a Nerve
In her latest book Patricia Churchland eschews the simplistic reductions of popular media in favor of nuanced and self-consciously incomplete explanations, but it does share one shortcoming that plagues her peers.
Read MoreMeditation is the Multi-Tasker’s Answer
But what is the question?
Read MoreHow To: Write a Science-Explains-Religion Op-Ed
A four-step program!
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Will Religion Solve the Obesity Crisis?
Rick Warren and the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex.
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Does Analytic Thinking Erode Religious Belief?
If three wacky experiments and a host of assumptions makes it so.
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