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Who Are We? Experiments Suggest You're Not Who You Think

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Quantum Physics, Consciousness, Biology, Self-Awareness, B. F. Skinner, Biocentrism, Robert Lanza, Brain Chemistry, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Robert Lanza, M.D.

A full understanding of life can't be found only by looking at cells and molecules. Conversely, physical existence can't be divorced from the life and structures that coordinate sense perception and experience.

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A Superstitious Pigeon in English Class

Joseph Smigelski | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Education, Community Colleges, Imagination, Inspiration, Writing, James-Cameron, TED Conference, James Cameron Technology, B. F. Skinner, College News
Joseph Smigelski

As a college English instructor, I am always looking for new and innovative ways to inspire my students and somehow nurture in them a desire--a drive--to be more expressive and creative.

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Will Machines Take Over the World? The Scientific Turning Point

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Neuroscience, Humans, Brain, Biology, Extinction, B. F. Skinner, Biocentrism, Artificial Intelligence, The Inner Life, Dr. Robert Lanza, Healthy Living News
Robert Lanza, M.D.

Imagine watching TV without a screen or communicating with friends without facebook. Would you have an implant to be smarter? What's the status of the science? When do humans become obsolete?

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The Mass Production of Mental Illness and What To Do About It

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Thomas Szasz, Dopamine, Walden Two, Dsm, Drug Companies, Richard P. Bentall, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Prozac, Psychosis, Fda, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Schizophrenia, Madness, American Psychiatric Association, Ssris, B. F. Skinner, Neurotransmitters, Evidence-Based Medicine, Treatment of Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Depression, Chlorpromazine, Drug Company Profits, Randomized Controlled Trials, Mental Asylums, Big Pharma, Ect, Placebo, Rose Kennedy, Insulin Coma Therapy, Antipsychiatry, Mental Illness, Pharmaceutical Industry, R. D. Laing, Brain Chemistry, Carl Rogers, Prefrontal Leucotomy, Psychiatric Drugs, Genetics, Psychiatric Practice, Walter Freeman, Emil Kraepelin, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Book Reviews, Books, Books News
Anis Shivani

Dr. Richard P. Bentall, professor and practitioner of clinical psychology in Britain, exposes the highly dubious nature of reigning presumptions about the causes and treatment of mental illness.

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