by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 8, 2016 | Books
A great book list from The FarnamStreetBlog on recommended reading that answer the question: What books would you recommend someone read to improve their general knowledge of the world? What Books Would You Recommend Someone Read to Improve their General Knowledge of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 19, 2016 | Books, Brain Science
Over the last ten or fifteen years what I have read and learned about cognition and how our brains and our memories work has gotten me to question just about all my memories. A ‘Memory Hacker’ Explains How to Plant False Memories in People’s Minds We...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 10, 2016 | Books, Critical Thinking, Science
A fellow I know on FaceBook whenever I post something about science likes to stick in or add on something pejorative about “scientism”. While I am sure there are people out there that do “believe in science” like it is a religion I’m not...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 5, 2016 | Books
I don’t know whether you’re seeing it or not but lately we’re seeing an uptick in the deployment and use of logical fallacies. Well there’s a great book out there for sorting out and understanding the logical fallacies people are using in their...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 31, 2015 | Agriculture, Books, GMOs, What I'm Reading
(I’m working on building another page containing The RTOL GMO & BioTech Video Collection that you might also want to view too) Books on Food and Biotechnology The Lowdown on GMOs: According to Science Fourat Janabi (Smashwords)-Free e-book This free e-book a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 20, 2011 | • Politics, Books, Health Care
So this guy named Wendell Potter in his opening statement before Congress during the health care bill debate in September of 2009 said (the emphasis is mine): "If Congress goes along with the so called solutions the insurance industry says it is bringing to the...