Political cartoons illustrate the cultural zeitgeist– literally– while also offering critical commentary on it. An editorial cartoonist has a vast […]
atheism, bigotry, cognition, politics, psychology, religion
Religion is and isn’t special
Passerotti, God the Father The primary reason, it seems, that people are now telling Dan Savage that he shouldn’t have […]
cognition, evolution, religion
Have we evolved to reject evolution?
Following on the Pope post, there are various theories about whether people might reject evolutionary theory because it contradicts their […]
cognition, religion
Some thoughts on religious anthropomorphism for Easter
Michael Blume writes concerning the “personification of the universe” model of religion: Religious traditions seem to derive their motivational, cooperative […]
cognition, death penalty, morality, psychology, relationships, sexuality
Some random musings on “forever”
When I lived in Denmark, a friend told me that no one there receives a prison sentence longer than fourteen […]
bias, cognition, creationism, evolution, freedom of speech, intellectual honesty, libertarianism, morality, politics, psychology
Who do you admire?
At The Daily Dish, Conor Friedersdorf contemplates the results of a recent Gallup poll asking Americans which men and women […]
cognition, conferences, religion
AAR 2010
Thousands of smiling, mild-mannered people with blue tote bags have descended on the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. This is […]