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28% of Republican poll responders say oil spill makes them more supportive of off-shore drilling ( Read more... )

Tea Partiers are stupid.

I highly recommend the article by economist Deirdre McCloskey entitled The Secret Sins of Economics, posted here (link near the end of the entry; the text itself is a PDF). Language Log notes:

...she has sections on "Virtues Misidentified as Sins" (these are quantification, mathematics and libertarian politics); on "Venial Sins, Easily Forgiven ( Read more... )

http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/03/12-vicious-values-contd.html

http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/03/lying-your-way-to-crazy.html

TED Talk on the brain bit we use to think about what others are thinking, and its effect on moral judgment. Thanks, tugger, and you're right, we need to try that test on Alex.

Piece by a near-classmate of mine, whom I sometimes forget I've never actually met.

“We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force - virtue is subject to negotiation, and is found in working together with others to find mutually satisfactory solutions. Good is not absolute, it is an emergent property that arises from successful networks of ( Read more... )

Some hospitals making a change to openly admitting fault & apologizing for mistakes. And patients then tend not to sue. Yay honesty, good customer relations, and the ability to fix procedural problems instead of conceal them! Thanks for the link, meowse.

Speaking of that sort of quality control improvement, Here's an article on the Toyota Production ( Read more... )

neurological bases for morality