On Cargo Cult Science
South Pacific Islanders after WWII built replicas of airport objects in hopes that cargo planes would land and deliver goods again. But the planes did not land.
Philosophy
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Rime of the Ancient Neuromythographer
The discovery and identification of a large set of puzzle pieces...has made it possible to apply a modified version of an ancient practice to solve a bleeding-edge problem, where the abstract mental nouns have failed.
The Justice of Theseus: Right IFSa
While right IFSa (Theseus) is usually involved in deciding to administer third-party punishment, in the present study it showed up in restraining punishment of the unfair player.
Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 BCE) was a Greek Cynic philosopher best known for holding a lantern (or candle) to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man.
Scorched Earth Eliminative Materialism
Eliminative materialism suggests that we should abandon the language of mental states entirely in favor of a vocabulary that better captures the underlying physical processes in the brain. -Patricia Churchland
Neuromythography: A Rationalist Prophecy?
Everybody wants a creation myth of evolution.
