Monday, November 30, 2020

A Psychologist's Dubious Generalizations

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 At an online site we have an interview with a psychologist who has written a book that claims to be teaching lessons about the brain. In ...
Friday, November 20, 2020

No One Can Credibly Explain Why a Brain Would Store a Memory in One Specific Spot

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  The theory of the Christmas activity of Santa Claus is one that very small children will accept, but a theory that a child will discard on...
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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Preprint Server Counts Suggest Engrams Are Not Really Science

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  The arXiv science paper server at  https://arxiv.org/   is a widely used resource for finding and reading scientific papers. On its home p...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Inaccurate Titles and Misleading Citations Are Common in Science Papers

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 I have discussed at some length on this blog problems in science literature such as poor study design, insufficient study group size, occas...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

When Mainstream "Science Information" Sites Promote Mind Poisons

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 Many people have the idea that if you keep reading mainstream sites that are commonly called "science information" sites, you wil...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The Dubious Comments Under the Neuro-Nonsense Title

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 Nautilus magazine is one of those slick "science information" sites where we sometimes get real science and other times get vario...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Engrams Are Touted Like Phlogiston Was Once Touted

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 Scientists were once very convinced that they had figured out how burning works.  They were convinced that things burn because inside them ...