“We are each a localised field of energy and information with cybernetic feedback loops interacting within a non-local field of energy and information.” – Deepak Chopra Mr. Deity just posted this video featuring himself and Michael Shermer. The video pokes fun and explores some of the techniques gurus use to attract a following Chopra is…
Ethoxyquin is used in some animal feed to prevent the fat from going rancid; researchers at John Hopkins have found it can also prevent nerve damage during chemotherapy. The press release is from Johns Hopkins Medicine Could Dog Food Additive Prevent Disabling Chemotherapy Side Effect? Release Date: 09/19/2013 Johns Hopkins researchers find, in mice,…
Bias is a funny thing. I was reminded of this fact a couple of days ago when a friend of mine, with a masters in engineering, said “What’s that?” when I mentioned synthetic biology. I thought about it and realized I’d fallen a victim to sampling bias; until that time 100% of the people I’d spoken…
Feeling what another feels; stepping into someone’s shoes; entering into another’s inner life; identifying with another; these and many other descriptions have been given to describe empathy. They all suggest some sort of identification with the state of another; an emotional “knowing” of another’s life. The truth might be even more interesting. One of the…
I am an occasional visitor to the Natural Dog Training (is there such a thing as Supernatural Dog Training?) blog authored by snake-oil salesman and new-age mystic Kevin Behan. Reading the blog is amusing and infuriating. I find it painful to see him lie to readers and distort the latest science story to support the sales his energy…
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