Monthly Archives: August 2011
King Arthur Loses His Battle to Protect Druid Remains
King Arthur Pendragon (formerly known as John Timothy Rothwell) lost his battle at the High Court today to prevent Sheffield University researchers conducting further research on the cremated remains of at least 40 individuals that were discovered at Stonehenge in 2008. … Continue reading
Filed under In the News
Renowned Academics Speaking About God
Well I don’t know what I am more flattered by? Being regarded as a “renowned academic” or being squeezed in between Richard Dawkins and Marvin Minksy – two brilliant thinkers that have had a major impact on my own thinking. … Continue reading
Filed under In the News
Cognitive Sewage
Americans use on average 24 gallons of water each day to flush their toilets—that’s approximately 5.8 billion gallons. Although billions are spent on treating this water to a level that is suitable for drinking less than 10% of recycled water … Continue reading
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Woman Is Eating Her Husband
The season finale of “My Strange Addiction” reports the bizarre case of 26-old-old Casie, a widow who is gradually eating the cremated remains of her husband who died from an asthma attack. While transferring his remains from crematorium box to … Continue reading
Filed under Essentialism, Weird Story of the Week
A Bedtime Story
My two good friends and colleagues Paul Bloom and Karen Wynn visited me recently and had a great stay just before heading off to Edinburgh where Paul gave his amazing TED talk on the Origins of Pleasure and essentialism. They … Continue reading
Filed under General Thoughts
