Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:Time magazine reports on how darkness can encourage dishonest acts even when anonymity is accounted for.A study finding a link with aversion to inequality an activity in the ventral striatum is brilliantly covered by The Frontal Cortex.The Point of Inquiry podcast has an excellent discussion on the psychology of cold reading.A preview of a spe
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February 15, 2010
Discussing the False Prophets
In light of the retraction of the infamous Lancet paper that first started the MMR panic, the Point of Inquiry podcast has a fantastic interview with doctor and vaccine developer Paul Offit who has received death threats for publicly refuting the spurious connection between childhood jabs and autism.He's also the author of the book Autism's False Prophets that traces the emergence of the vaccine
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