by Carson | Aug 20, 2013 | Ethics & Morality, Health & Science, Politics & Culture, Relationships & Love, Religion & Atheism
We recently received the following question from Joel: “Hi, I found your webpage in an effort to find if Rational Romanticism would be a new branch of philosophy. Since you cover certain philosophical themes in your blog I would like to ask: What are...
by Carson | May 9, 2013 | Health & Science
“Money can’t buy happiness,” or so the saying goes. What, then, are we to make of the barrage of articles like these: The New York Times: “If You’ve Got the Money, Honey, You May Be a Little Bit Happier” The Wall Street Journal:...
by Carson | Jan 4, 2013 | Health & Science
Scientists and sociologists have long debated and puzzled over two seemingly unrelated facts: continually rising IQ rates, and continually falling crime rates. We may have had the explanation in front of us for over decades: lead. A “partial replacement”...
by Carson | Nov 4, 2012 | Health & Science
A recent survey from Onetest claims to have found that “Money buys happiness – Up to a point.” News organizations and blogs have published pieces with similarly bad conclusions. We’re a little bit obsessed with research-backed methods of...
by Carson | Sep 17, 2012 | Health & Science
I was raised in a household that didn’t drink coffee for religious reasons, and so I had never had a sip of it until my twenties. I came to the realization that I had been zealously following the religion based on faith and unsound reasoning. Unburdening myself of...
