http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstream/2292/2251/2/02whole.pdf Transhumanism and the Imago Dei Narratives of apprehension and hope Stephen Robert Garner...
... Interesting, and thanks for the link (and yes happy good year, etc.). I didn't read yet the 305 pages of the thesis (I'm not posthuman enough for that);...
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPAR27336920080103 Happiness may be good for your health Thu Jan 3, 2008 10:22am EST By Amy Norton NEW YORK...
http://www.newstatesman.com/200801030023 Why life is good Matthew Taylor Published 03 January 2008 A dangerous gap exists between our personal experience,...
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/004905.html January 06, 2008 Short Attention Spans And Genetic Engineering Once offspring genetic engineering becomes...
... Eugenics did get a bad name after the Nazis were defeated, it was to be the next big thing in science; instead, the surviving Eugenic-bred Aryans living in...
Sorry, I really have to get a new mouse, either that or get gmail to move the 'send' button somewhere else on the screen! ... In relation to intelligence, you...
Videos of the speakers at this conference are available to view online. The first speaker (on the link below) is Sam Harris, who attacks religion and endorses...
Hi James : ) ...Well it's not really that simple, is it? What if, [and there is some evidence for this] ADHD is the kickback response of intelligence to...
... I was a smart kid diagnosed as and treated for ADD in 1967 at age 6, and I have a smart son diagnosed diagnosed at age 5. So the idea that we were simply...
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1701864,00.html Wednesday, Jan. 09, 2008 A Drug to End Drug Addiction By Hilary Hylton What if science made a...
Of all my study in synesthesia, this is the first I've heard of this. Really remarkable. p.s. -- apparently my husband, Eric, unknowingly hijacked my ...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/miot-mci011108.php MIT: Culture influences brain function CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - People from different cultures use...
I know we're not supposed to talk about theology. But Lanier's argument here about the nature of the Simulator is a dramatic demonstration that secular...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html The New York Times Printer Friendly Format Sponsored By January 13, 2008 The Moral Instinct By...
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=psychedelic-healing&print=true Scientific American Mind - December 28, 2007 Psychedelic Healing? Hallucinogenic drugs,...
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/11/calculating_consciousness/print.html A penny for your deepest thoughts Is it possible to be too aware of our own...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/vu-aar011408.php Aggression as rewarding as sex, food and drugs NASHVILLE, Tenn.-New research from Vanderbilt...
from Marty Seligman Director, Positive Psychology Center University of Pennsylvania We are happy to announce that the Master of Applied Positive Psychology ...
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1704355,00.html Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 Why We Love By Jeffrey Kluger The last time you had sex, there was...
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/01/effect_of_antidepres.html <http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/01/effect_of_antidepres.html> Effect of antidepressants...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/uoc-pna011808.php People not always needed to alleviate loneliness Many try to identify with animals, gadgets,...
It is a worrying aspect of Medicine, last summer I heard it said that rejecting the importance of a variable at a statistical significance level above 0.05 has...
Hedonistic Imperative here we come: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7200858.stm Gene 'may transform pain relief' Many suffer chronic pain which does not...
Fight magical thinking in whatever form it may come in such as personifying an animal, object or the imaginary like god. These behaviors go deeper than...
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7177/full/451498a.html Nature 451, 498 (24 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451498a; Published online 23 January 2008 ...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/uoia-dwb012408.php Don't worry, be (moderately) happy, research suggests Illinois psychology professor Ed Diener...
