More good advice from Peter Drucker (via HBR and David Gurteen again). Facts can always be made to fit, so better to understand subjective differences of opinion.
Month: December 2011
Phantom Limbs
Lots of examples in Sacks, and in Ramchandran and in Damasio if I recall. (Ram is mentioned in the story in fact.)
Scientific Denial
Amazing that so many scientists are reported as denying Darwinian evolution. Steve Jones in The Telegraph.
The growing tide of fact‑denial is a statement of failure, not by students but by their teachers, up to and including those at university level. We do our best, I think, but faced with schools or faith groups that get their ignorance in first, we seem to be fighting a losing battle.
Well, I’d say they need to start by teaching quality, rather than claiming to be “right”. Science is always incomplete and contingent, but there are places where science has no value (first-cause) or limited value (psychology, for short, or any metaphysical philosophy of science).
Even theist Francis Collins says:
Evolution is as solid a theory as gravity.
Hunter Gatherer Diet
Impressive case. “Minding Your Mitochondria” – Large quantities, but minimal grain or pulse-based carbohydrate.
Thanks to Dave Gurteen for reposting Robert Paterson’s blog.