Bruya’s Effortless Attention
Everyone has experiences of being “in the zone.” These usually occur while engaged in some challenging but enjoyable activity, like playing basketball or ballroom dancing. […]
Month: June 2010
Biocultural models of the evolution of religion need to take onboard – The sacral or divine kingship’
Most accounts of the evolutionary origins of religion refer to the shamanistic complex of behaviors as the first set of behaviors that were recognizably – religious’. […]
Conservative emotional avoidance
Do liberals and conservatives really see the world differently? Maybe it’s more like they feel it differently. Recent research (e.g., Tomkins 1995) has suggested that […]
When being unfalsifiable is a good thing
Common knowledge says that you believe what you’re taught, or what your gut tells you is right, or – better yet – what the facts […]