The political mind

Both presidential candidates have spent a lot of time talking about how their tax plan will help America get out of the current economic slump, and how they will create prosperity and wealth. Hopefully everybody remembers that campaign promises are often very different than what happens once the president is elected.  Things change, compromises have to be met, priorities change, and many other things happen that usually lead to campaign promises being left on the campaign trail.  In this cu... more

Nearly half of residents in assisted living facilities in Maryland suffered with three or more chronic diseases, a new survey has found. ... more

Because of the modern technologies, searching for data about a person becomes a lot easier. Since then there is a widespread use of the internet. And because of this people depend more on the internet as most reliant source of information. Background checks that people perform becomes faster and easy.... more

James McGrath at Exploring Our Matrix , and also in comment here . I have no general animus against peer review, and fields such as Global Warming I would tend to applaud the system of interactive checks by scientists. But, I fear, that just doesn’t work in evolutionary theory. There is no standard of science by which to measure a theory of evolution, for the simple reason that noone has a good one. You can adopt Darwin’s inadequate theory, and make it standard, and then cond... more

Hucklebird, you are the Hegelian triad expert, check out Zizek ’s book for me. I fear you are a mystic reactionary, otherwise, ‘dialectical materialism’ might be just your stomping grounds, all those triads getting us past Kantian dualisms, and driving evolution in nature. A full report, please…. ... more

Looking through: The Parallax View (Short Circuits) (Hardcover). by Slavoj Zizek (Author) After yesterday’s post on Marxism: http://darwiniana.com/2007/12/06/ok-lets-talk-firing-squadsthe-brain-dead-left/ , I came across Zizek’s work, The Parallax View. I have to admit I picked up this book with a sour attitude, in no mood for any more Marxist bullshit, hence I am unlikely to consider it fairly. Actually, the book is morbidly interesting in its type, ... more

Islam’s Silent Moderates by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, NY Times Reposted from:Dawkins site http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html (more…) ... more