As ever, the clash of science and intuition is always appealing to me as a spectator.
I came across this article on the USA Today website which has the delicious title; “‘Resistance to science’ has early roots”.
Now immediately, I can sense that this is yet another polemic against stupid irrational people who don’t revere science. After […]
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Every now and then I come across an article which amazes me at what it doesn’t say or what it assumes. This article is a case in point. It comes from physorg.com. (subheading; science: physics : tech : nano : news) Apparently it refers to University of Missouri-Columbia Professor Laura King’s research into how mood […]
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We tend to speak of intuition as a hidden or under-used human talent. When we speak of animals exhibiting some of the same symptoms of accessing knowledge hidden from the ‘normal’ senses, then we tend to dismiss it as “animal instinct”. We generally do not realize that we have much in common with animals, genetically […]
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I suppose that, for many of us, we dream about being psychic, having abilities which would allow us to know things that other people don’t know. We would know what our neighbors thought of us, what horse to put our money on, find hidden treasure and the like.
However, this article on the national website of […]
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