Link blog: bible, psychology, ai, gender

[nameandnature]

Boys’ brains, girls’ brains: How to think about sex differences in psychology. - Slate Magazine

"Fear of sexism has produced a bias against conceding sex differences, which gets in the way of frank discussion and investigation." "Beware any explanation that relies on a single factor. Hormones matter, but so does socialization." "The fishy part of neuroscience isn’t the data. It’s the spin we put on the data in the guise of explanation."
(tags: gender neuroscience psychology feminism)

How Much Religion Should You Expose Your Children To? | Friendly Atheist

Tycho and Gabe talking about what they should teach their kids about religion. Interesting that Gabe (who's son is also called Gabe) is a vague theist but didn't want to pass on much formal religion to his son, but Tycho (an atheist) thought the kid should know about the Bible.
(tags: atheism religion bible penny-arcade children)

Strange Horizons Fiction: Tomorrow is Waiting, by Holli Mintzer

A short science fiction story about the Muppets. Heartwarming stuff. Via Sumana.
(tags: sci-fi science-fiction muppets ai)

Comments

[andrewducker]

It seems that people who are minorly religious get a bit embarassed about it, while atheists think that religion should be taught in order to both inform about cultural background/prejudices and act as innoculation.