[tips] Neanderthal To Go, With A Side Homo Sapiens

2016-07-10 Thread Mike Palij
Did Neanderthals practice cannibalism or not? Or was it a some time thing, depending upon a group's, pardon the expression, taste? For some new evidence, see: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/08/grisly-evidence-of-neanderthal-cannibalism-uncovered-in-a-belgian-c

Re: [tips] Practicing scientific thinking

2016-07-10 Thread Rick Stevens
I don't know much about medical school, but I always assumed that they didn't emphasize scientific thinking as much as just how to do things, what has worked in the past, and kind of an emphasis on memorization rather than scientific analysis. Even if this is somewhat representative, I also assume

[tips] Practicing scientific thinking

2016-07-10 Thread Michael
I had some time this morning to read the article by Gallagher and some of the comments below it. Thank you so much Marie for sharing it. There are 2725 comments as of right now. I found within the comments a link to this article by Skeptic Steven Novella, which I strongly recommend: http://thene