MyFleshSingsOut's comments (member since Aug 24, 2008)

MyFleshSingsOut's comments from the Science and Inquiry group.

That is also on my "to-read" shelf. It looks really good. I've heard very good things from personally reliable sources.

I'll also suggest a lesser read work of Darwin's entitled The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals which can be read in full, online, for free, right here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1227

Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins by Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford

A highly, highly recommended read for anyone interested in ethology, cognitive/behavioral neuroscience and evolutionary theory in general.

It's come to my attention that the links were not working properly. I've fixed them all.

Happy viewing/listening.

P.S. The whole site that these are on is great as well. I suggest checking out the other conferences under the "Programs" heading and the in-depth one-on-one interviews under the "Science Studio" section.

"Beyond Belief is an annual symposium which brings together a group of scientists and philosophers to explore questions and answers about human nature and society. The event is organized by The Science Network in association with the Crick-Jacobs Center."

Some of you have seen me post the video footage of the previous two annual conferences called Beyond Belief. These are great videos and the third and latest collection of footage has just been made available for free:

Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark

Featuring:

Peter Atkins
Roger Bingham
Patricia Churchland
Nita Farahany
Owen Flanagan
Jonathan Glover
Beatrice Golomb
A.C. Grayling
Guven Guzeldere
Jonathan Haidt
Sam Harris [who’s talk I’m listening to right now and is a great one on the subject of the need for more rigorous scientific examination of ethical issues:]
Tony Haymet
Marco Iacoboni
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Brian Knutson
Adam Kolber
George Koob
Lawrence Krauss
Harold Kroto
Leon Lederman
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Chris Mooney
Erin O’Hara
Naomi Oreskes
Amanda Pustilnik
V.S. Ramachandran
Sally Satel
Terrence Sejnowski
Michael Shermer
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Peter Turchin
Paul Zak
Philip Zimbardo

Info on the conference overall and the footage from the first two conferences:

Info:
Beyond Belief (symposium)

Footage:

1. Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival (2006)

Featuring:

Scott Atran
Mahzarin Banaji
Roger Bingham (chair)
Patricia Churchland
Paul Churchland
Paul Davies
Richard Dawkins
Ann Druyan
Stuart Hameroff
Charles Harper
Sam Harris
Melvin Konner
Harold Kroto
Lawrence Krauss
Elizabeth Loftus
Steven Nadler
Susan Neiman
Carolyn Porco
Vilayanur Ramachandran
Joan Roughgarden
Loyal Rue
Terry Sejnowski
Michael Shermer
Richard Sloan
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Steven Weinberg
James Woodward

2. Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 (2007)

Featuring:

David Albert
Peter Atkins
Scott Atran
Roger Bingham (chair)
David Brin
Sean M. Carroll
Patricia Churchland
Gregory Clark
Daniel Dennett
Greg Epstein
Rebecca Goldstein
Jonathan Gottschall
Jonathan Haidt
Sam Harris
Jeff Hawkins
Margaret Jacob
Stuart Kauffman
Adam Kolber
Harold Kroto
Deirdre McCloskey
Darrin McMahon
Paul "PZ" Myers
John Allen Paulos
V.S. Ramachandran
Donald Rutherford
Michael Shermer
Lee Silver
Edward Slingerland
Daniel Smail
David Sloan Wilson
Ronald de Sousa
Robert Winter