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- Scientisits admit to four major fallacies in Evolutionary Psychology
- http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=four-fallacies
- some assumptions of Pop EP are flawed:
- that we can know the psychology of our Stone Age ancestors,
- that we can thereby figure out how distinctively human traits evolved,
- that our minds have not evolved much since the Stone Age,
- and that standard psychological questionnaires yield clear evidence of the adaptations.
- Online vs. print reading - http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=online-v-print-reading-which-one-ma-2008-12-23
- Study author Anne Mangen, an associate prof of literacy studies at Norway's University of Stavanger, says she discovered that reading online may not be as rewarding – or effective – as the printed word. The reasons: The process involves so much physical manipulation of the computer that it interferes with our ability to focus on and appreciate what we're reading; online text moves up and down the screen and lacks physical dimension, robbing us of a feeling of completeness; and multimedia features, such as links to videos and animations, leave little room for imagination, limiting our ability to form our own mental pictures to illustrate what we're reading.
- Richard Long of the International Reading Association, a nonprofit organization of literacy professionals in Newark, Del., says more research needs to be done to study the effects of online reading on different users. For instance, he says, many older people may absorb more or learn faster by flipping through pages, because their brains have been trained to read hard copy, whereas younger readers may learn faster digitally, because they're accustomed to working online. "Previous experience has a tremendous impact on rate and thoroughness of learning," he says. "The actual learning phenomenon is the same at the end of the day."
- Many kinds of intelligence in the animal world - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=one-world-many-minds
- Evolutionary theories have caused many research fallacies: One of the most common misconceptions about brain evolution is that it represents a linear process culminating in the amazing cognitive powers of humans, with the brains of other modern species representing previous stages. Such ideas have even influenced the thinking of neuroscientists and psychologists who compare the brains of different species used in biomedical research.
- Homosexuals maintain drumbeat to redefine the word marriage
- Article about whether cousins should be banned from marrying and having children has it's comments highjacked by homosexual sympathizers complaining about lack of legal sanction for redefining the world marriage to include homosexual couples - http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=incest-may-not-be-best-but-marriage-2008-12-22
- First cousins share about an eighth, or 12.5 percent, of their genes, according to a 2002 study in the Journal of Genetic Counseling. Because of that overlap, there's a 1.7 percent to 2.8 higher risk of intellectual disability and genetic disorders, including seizures and metabolic errors among children whose parents are first cousins than among the general population, says Robin Bennett, a certified genetic counselor and lead author of that research
- As for the comments: Gays are militantly looking for any article about marriage to proclaim their "unfairness" of not allowing them to redefine the historical meaning of the word marriage according to their desires. They already redefined other words in the language like "gay", now they want to move forward their attack onto more words, in an effort to force everyone to not just tolerate/permit/allow their choices, but instead to force everyone to celebrate/endorse/promote their lifestyle choice, and create a language where it is impossible to speak about them in anything other than the most glowing congratulatory language. They can't bear the slightest tinge of disapproval because they "know" better than everyone who doesn't promote their agenda.
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