Category: Psychology | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Caitjan Gainty, China, culture, depression, diagnosis, dissidents, electroconvulsive therapy, King’s College, mental illness, overdiagnosis, overmedicalization, political oppression, psychiatry, Radio Free Asia, RealClearScience, Russia, schizophrenia, Soviet psychiatrists, Wang Wanxing}

Dissent Becomes a Mental Illness

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 9, 2025

Medicine, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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A healthcare historian looks at the history of the use of psychiatry to crush alternative viewpoints. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, anxiety, Augustine Brannigan, college students, crying, emotional depression, experimental design, Office of Naval Research, penologists, persistent scientific errors, Philip G. Zimbardo, prison breaks, prisoner abuse, prisoners, psychologists, public policy, rage, Retraction Crisis, Retraction Watch, San Quentin State Prison, self-correcting, social psychology, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanford University, study design, Thibault Le Texier, University of Calgary}

Retract the Stanford Prison Experiment?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2025

Bioethics, Psychology, Sociology

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Beware of wildly popular sociology that tells us that our public policy preferences are somehow embedded in human nature. Life was never as simple as that. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animals, Aristotle, behavior, Dogs, emotions, evolutionary biologists, feelings, humans, Marc Bekoff, Michael Egnor, moral choice, prejudice, Psychology Today, Racism, sensations, sexism, speciesism, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Wesley J. Smith}

Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 4, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Scientific Reasoning

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Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, Boy Scouts, Christianity, conservatives, faith, Francis Collins, genome, National Institutes of Health, secularism, Slate, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians}

A Useful Christian: John West on Francis Collins and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Psychology

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There are Stockholm syndrome Jews as well — you’ll see them parading with “anti-Zionist” groups on campus and in the street. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, animal intelligence, animals, babies, Big Bang, bonobos, cats, children, counting, Dogs, intelligence, kittens, Live Science, neuroscience, numbers, pets, puppies, Stanley Coren, Stonehenge, University of British Columbia}

Dog Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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It’s an odd question because what we should be asking is, “Are kittens and puppies smarter than babies?” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, eliminationism, Energy, Galen Strawson, illusion, matter, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutation, snakes, universe}

Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology

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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
September 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
Tagged
, “data fusion” technology, anthology, brain, computer science, information theory, logic, mind, mind-body problem, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, neurology, neurosurgery, philosophers, quantum theory}

Minding the Brain — An Introduction

_{Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, and Robert J. Marks II
September 24, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Psychology

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In our modern age, full of science and technology, physical existence often appears to be the most substantial and “real” aspect of the world. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
Technology
Tagged
, Brian R. Krouse, computer science, Discovery Institute Press, Gregory Chaitin, information, logic, materialistic philosophy, mind, mind-body problem, mind-brain debate, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, neurology, neurons, neurosurgery, physical existence, Robert J. Marks II, University of Wisconsin}

New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Psychology, Technology

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Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: "The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, Elie Feder, fine structure constant, ID the Future, numbers, physical constants, physicists, Physics to God, podcast, Richard Feynman, universe}

Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 15, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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It’s time to get more intimately acquainted with the strange and wonderful numbers that hold our universe together. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, Alexa, Amazon, Baylor University, bias, co-founder, editing, encyclopedia, Google, Günter Bechly, ideology, inaccuracy, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Jo-Jo Eumerus, Larry Sanger, mental illness, neutrality, pseudonym, pseudoscience, science, Septimus Heap, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, trolls, Vise, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

On ID, Myth Persists that Wikipedia Is Reliable, though Co-Founder Has Called It “Appallingly Biased”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology

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I was reminded of this by an exchange today on Twitter, or X, or however somebody “rebrands” it tomorrow. Read More ›