I haven’t gotten the del.icio.us daily blog posting to work yet, so I’ve posted by hand (ugh) what I tagged yesterday:
Study: What’s good for you often ends up being bad:
"A new study confirms that what doctors once said was good for you often turns out to be bad– or at least not as great as initially thought."
It’s still more evidence that (i) we don’t know everything, and (ii) what we think we know, we often really don’t.
Tags: authority daily epistemology … on 2005-07-12
What Other People Say May Change What You See – New York Times
M.R.I. scanner results suggest that "information from other people may color our perception at a very deep level."
Tags: authority epistemology daily … on 2005-07-12
The Topmost Apple: Heterosexual Males Cause Destruction of Species
"Won’t you please help Save Our Planet? Help put straight men behind bars, where they belong." (In the next sentence she makes it clear she’s being facetious.) See also her immediately-preceding post, "Can’t we do something about all these straight guys?"
Tags: homosexuality daily … on 2005-07-12 …
Freethinking Faith: More canon fodder
"The phenomenon of the early church proves that the canon need not serve the central function so many assign it. The most dynamic, successful period in Christian history occurred before there was a New Testament."
Tags: Scripture theology authority Bible Christianity daily doctrine … on 2005-07-12
Neuron Network Goes Awry, and Brain Becomes an IPod – New York Times
Neurological disorder leads to "musical hallucinations" — people hearing music that isn’t there.
Tags: Brain daily epistemology … on 2005-07-12 …
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