Cool article from the New York Times – an added layer of evidence for the theory that much of our reality is socially and culturally constructed. Can’t Place That Smell? You Must Be American How Culture Shapes Our Senses T. M. Luhrmann SEPT. 5, 2014 Credit Marion FayolleFLORENCE, Italy — WE think of our senses … Read more
Important breaking news from America’s finest news source, The Onion. Psychology Comes To Halt As Weary Researchers Say The Mind Cannot Possibly Study Itself ISSUE 50•30 • Jul 31, 2014 Psychologists caution that it is a grave folly to believe anything objective can be learned about the human mind given that the object of observation … Read more
It’s weird to see David Chalmers with short hair. For as long as I have been aware of him, he has had long hair that made him look like a member of Whitesnake’s reunion tour, not a world renowned philosopher. Be that as it may, in this TED Talk from TED2014, Chalmers talks about the … Read more