scientific

Discussing ghosts on another forum and this question was asked,I don't know.Has there ever been any?

For those following the other IQ thread-- not so much the main combatants, but anyone on the fence trying to decide what they think about IQ tests: Here is a short article in Scientific American by Linda Gottfredson. She's a big name in psychometrics, but note that this ain't no psych journal...

For the past few weeks I have been trying to find whether there is any scientific evidence of the energy (chi, ki, prana, whatever) at the basis of Eastern traditional medicine, and reading the posts on this site to help me see both faces of the coin. So far the picture is still rather muddled...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14894187/ I found this very interesting. With more research perhaps we can finally start to understand why people claim to have the experiences that they do. It makes a lot of sense, no?

It seems that the pure number of research journals that exist (many of which are reputable) results in a sea of information that makes it easy for junk science to sneak through. The question is how do we account for this? Do we keep the status quo, or are there better systems to enact? A...

Modern Mechanix is a blog that features scans of old articles and ads from such magazines as Modern Science, Popular Mechanics, etc. This one is particularly interesting as it features the practice of adding nonsense couched in impressive scientific terms to create the appearance of...

I am preparing an email critique to a book that an old friend ambushed me with while returning me to the airport after one of my rare visits. It was accompanied by his assurances that it proves that Christianity is “the one true religion” and timed perfectly so that I had no chance to respond...

From the Wall Street Journal: CHICAGO—Last September, Bruce Lahn, a professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, stood before a packed lecture hall and reported the results of a new DNA analysis: He had found signs of recent evolution in the brains of some people, but not of...

Anyone else bothered by songs that have lyrics that display a total lack of basic science knowledge? There's a popular song playing on our local stations that has a line that goes - "When you hear the rolling thunder, you turn around before the lightning strikes" or something very close. I've...

Man, I would love to see those!

I recently saw on tv a scientist name an aborted fetus as medical waste. Is this true and what are your opinions?

Upon consideration I have concluded that budddhism is not scietific. It may promote the methods of scepticism, in that it encourages a person to judge the merits of dharma on one's own. But I believe that Epepke's arguments in other threads are very valid, this is not the sole threshold for...

What would you use software-wise to do it? What template?

I'm curious as to what people think the point that a religious claim can no longer be hidden behind the curtain of faith, but is instead a scientific claim that is within the bounds of science to prove true or false. Probably the best example I can think of is the fundimentalist version of...

(I put this here because ethics is a branch of philosophy. I won't whine if the mods move it though) A couple of scientific ethical 'controveries' that have surfaced lately puzzle me. The first concerns the donation of eggs to South Korean stem cell researchers. Apparently, some people...

Culture The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. A set of learned beliefs, values and behaviors the way of life shared by the members of a society. The accumulated habits, attitudes, and beliefs of a group of people that define for...

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050808/atlantis.html

Hi. This is part of something I'm writing, which explains why I keep mentioning what "we" have discussed when we haven't. I thought that maybe some of you would like to shoot me down. Comments, please? _____________________________________ Nowadays, when the words "Intelligent Design" are a...

Would this be of interest to continue to post ? Chapters ?? Title: An End of religions? Scientific and religious concepts of the of the world Copyright F. Cap. Text edited by an English native language editor Contents: Preface 1. Fundamental questions of human existence 2. What is matter? 3...

You may not be aware of the fact, but the Bible is actually an accurate scientific factbook in many ways. See this article and discover how the Bible predicted all sorts of scientific things long before scientists did. Here is an example: I know some of you skeptics will say something like...

An acquaintance sent me this link as "scientific proof" of the validity of astrology. I attempted to read it, but it gave me a headache. Could someone scientifically more well-versed than I am please have a look and comment? Many thanks in advance. :) Blah, blah, blah...

Interesting editorial by Harold I. Miller: http://www.genengnews.com/current/article.aspx?cat=Point%20Of%20View&id=323 Here is his conclusion: Here are two examples he shows:

Over the last two decades, the European Union and Asia Pacific nations have steadily increased their world share of the journal literature in the physical sciences. In fact, these regions now surpass the United States in output of papers in physics, chemistry, and materials science, according to...

A few anecdotes about the not so serious side of scientific publishing: A chinese friend of mine got sent his own paper to referee! (Guess the American Physical Society struggles with chinese names too). I begged and pleaded, whined and sulked, but I simply could not get him to send them the...

This is a peach of a post at Hpathy. I love the fact that what he says is wrong in such a variety of ways starting with the mis-spellings and concluding with an implication that science doesn't know how vitamins work. Just in the first paragraph he plucks some clinical chemistry terms from the...

One sees so few monocles these days. Did they ever have a purpose other than to make someone appear (as one website put it) as a pretentious toff?

http://www.fourmilab.ch/rpkp/ Yes, here it is. Definitive proof that history can be changed by will power alone. This was actually cited by a bleever as definitive scientific evidence of psi. When will these fools grow up?

i was talking to someone about the shamanistic worldview rationally and about how hallucinogen abuse is just a simple anatomical reaction to an inanimate substance of atoms. He much to my surprise claimed that there is tonnes of scientific proof for the supernatural worldview, such as...

I was wondering if there was a website that has lists of all of the published scientific studies done on all types of various things. I wanted to be able to search for instance to find any reliable scientific studies on things like telekinesis,Bigfoot,Psychics and all types of other things...

I need a list(or just some mentions) of scientific studies into the paranormal where the results are negative. Any help appreciated. :)