Life Without a Net
Social Sciences
According to science, people are mostly good.
A recent study gives us a fascinating look into how humans “naturally” behave. Scientists collected data from the online game Pardus, which has over 300,000 players, and crunched it through a series of analysis techniques for complex systems. The game is one where the players are free to behave in any way they choose, with no … Continue reading
Need for Closure
One of the biggest difficulties in studying the religious mind is the inconsistency of results from study to study. One will show a high correlation between closed-mindedness and religiosity, and another will yield insignificant results. (It’s noteworthy that there are no studies demonstrating a negative correlation between the two.) Various “negative” personality traits have been … Continue reading
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