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Politics IN the Mind

George Lakoff’s excessively subtitled The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st Century Politics with an 18th Century Brain tries to make sense of our political behavior in terms of cognitive science.  I first encountered Lakoff through an author event … Continue reading

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Human Behaviour

Part of my whole INTJ thing is wanting people to make sense, but they don’t.  Me included. I don’t believe in contrivances like souls to explain who we are; it’s a result of our physical being, particularly our brains, and … Continue reading

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Religious Pandering to Tarnish Inauguration

Obama’s choice of Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration is another slick political move on Obama’s part and another slap in the face to GLBT Americans. Warren leads one of the nation’s largest megachurches, Saddleback Church … Continue reading

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