Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Phantom Penis and Other Podcasts

Environmentalism as Religion, featuring President Vaclav Klaus

The Entrepreneur as Epic Hero, featuring Johan Norberg

What a Wonderful World, featuring Indur Goklany

A rationalist's view of religious intolerance

The Patient from Hell
Climatologist Professor Stephen Schneider wrote a book called The Patient from Hell. During his treatment for lymphoma he discovered that the way doctors make decisions is seriously and deadly flawed

Human papilloma virus in men
The Human papilloma virus is a cancer-causing virus in men, particularly gay men

Some antioxidant supplements may increase the risk of death

Free Trade Agreement between US and Australia- an update

Philippe Legrain: Your Country Needs Immigrants

Annual Manning Clark Lecture: Restoring the Primacy of Reason in an Age of Fundamentalism

Adam Posen Sees `Passive Acceptance' of Socioeconomic Condition

How the Slave Trade Worked

Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Policies
Carol J. Lancaster, Director, Mortara Center for International Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell

Transsexuals and the phantom penis
Transsexuals usually want sexual reassignment surgery. A typical remark from a male is they feel like a woman trapped in a male body and their penis doesn't belong. V.S.Ramachandran wonders what is going on the brains of transsexuals. He notes that if the penis is removed due to cancer, the patient feels a phantom penis. If the penis of a transsexual is removed, there is no phantom penis. What does this say about the hardwiring of the brain? Ramachandran says we have a brain-based body image detailed down to the fine anatomy of the genitals.

The social intelligence hypothesis

'Rats with wings': a history of the urban pigeon

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