Posts Tagged ‘science’
Rapid acceleration in human evolution described | Health | Reuters
Found : Rapid acceleration in human evolution described | Health | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human evolution has been moving at breakneck speed in the past several thousand years, far from plodding along as some scientists had thought, researchers said on Monday. In fact, people today are genetically more different from people living 5,000 years…
Read MoreScience Fiction and Gnosticism
Found : Science Fiction and Gnosticism The gnostic religion, which flourished in the first through third centuries A.D., provides an excellent paradigm for the understanding of the type of religious awareness that much SF favors. The gnostics, regarded as heretics by the faction that became orthodox Christianity, were radical transcendentalists. They believed that man is…
Read MoreMale and Female brains, empathy and systematization
Found : Male and Female brains, empathy and systematization According to this theory, a person (whether male or female) has a particular "brain type". There are three common brain types: for some individuals, empathising is stronger than systemising. This is called the female brain, or a brain of type E. For other individuals, systemising is…
Read MoreWhy I am Not a Postmodernist
Found : Why I am Not a Postmodernist Postmodernists complain that science is a cultural prejudice, and/or a tool invented by the current elite to maintain power, and/or only one "way of knowing" among many, with no special privilege. For postmodernists, science is "discourse", one system among many, maintained by a closed community as a…
Read MorePerspectives on the structure of the superverse and implications for its transit
Found : Perspectives on the structure of the superverse and implications for its transit and other means of exploitation In early 2003 space appears to possibly be infinite in its depth and distance, even if mankind can only ‘see’ with his instruments out to as many lightyears as has been possible for light to travel…
Read MorePredators 'drove human evolution'
Found : Predators ‘drove human evolution’ The popular view of our ancient ancestors as hunters who conquered all in their way is wrong, researchers have told a major US science conference. Instead, they argue, early humans were on the menu for predatory beasts. This may have driven humans to evolve increased levels of co-operation, according…
Read MoreSpecial K could be used to treat depression
Found : Special K could be used to treat depression LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday. Ketamine, which can also cause feelings of detachment, could pave the way for new treatments for people suffering from…
Read MoreErotic and Violent Images Cloud Vision, Study Finds
Found : Erotic and Violent Images Cloud Vision, Study Finds When people see violent or erotic images, they fail to process whatever they see next, according to new research. Scientists are calling the effect "attentional rubbernecking." “We observed that people fail to detect visual images that appeared one-fifth of a second after emotional images, whereas…
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