By: Bob Park on the CO2 deniers | Neural Gourmet

Bob Park on the CO2 deniers | Neural Gourmet — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:35:10 +0000

[...] Park in today’s What’s New newsletter has an interesting perspective on the recent global warming kerfluffle that echoes an idea I’ve had for a long time now. Suppose, I asked myself, that the deniers [...]

By: Durkheim is Dead

Durkheim is Dead — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:07:26 +0000

Well, as a social scientist, I’m rather used to people questioning my opinion on a range of topics. Are people truly rational – the bulk of psychological, anthropological, and sociological evidence says no, but people like to argue that one. Can we explain religious belief through psychological and sociological processes basic to all human groups? Don’t even touch that one. So, you have to give credit to the society for welcoming the ravings of a critic even though I am sure he ways roundly disproven by his opponents – you know, the actual scientists. It’s too bad politics is always getting in the way.

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By: Bob Park on the CO2 deniers | Neural Gourmet

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