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‘¿Por qué ‘‘God Delusion’’ de Richard Dawkins es un éxito en Arabia Saudita? [ing] » patheos.com | patheos.com

El creador de la psicología analítica, el psiquiatra suizo Carl Jung propuso que las narraciones míticas de viajes iniciáticos, como los de Marco Polo, Ulises o Hércules, pueden ser entendidas como expresiones simbólicas de un proceso de transformación psíquica que todas las personas se ven abocadas a desplegar a lo largo de la vida. Jung denominó este proceso como viaje del héroe o proceso de individuación. » La Mente es Maravillosa | lamenteesmaravillosa.com

El pasado martes, Mercadona retiró 11 productos cosméticos después de una evaluación realizada por la Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios. Ayer, esa misma agencia publicó un comunicado explicando que el problema era de orden administrativo y no existía ningún peligro para la salud de los consumidores. Me parece un buen momento para que hablemos del verdadero problema de fondo. La industria cosmética se sostiene sobre una mentira: hacer creer a sus clientes que la eficacia de sus productos tiene una base científica. ...

Autism may be associated with mathematical skills. Autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen has published studies that autism is more prevalent in the familes of physicists, engineers, and mathematicians. Unusual mathematical skills are reported in a small percentage of cases of ”classic autism.” Movies, television, and popular culture such as Rainman (1988), Mercury Rising (1998), and many other works often play up this rare association by presenting autistic characters with extreme mathematical abilities. It has frequently been suggested that various scientists and mathematicians including the Nobel Prize winning physicist Paul Dirac, the Russian mathematician and Fields Medal refuser Grigori Perelman, and Fields Medal winner Richard Borcherds have had or have Asperger’s Syndrome, now included in the autism spectrum. Vernon L. Smith who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2002 has stated that he has Asperger’s Syndrome. Wired Magazine popularized the notion of an association of Asperger’s syndrome and autism with computer technology and math in the article The Geek Syndrome by Steve Silberman. ...

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En cierta ocasión se realizó una encuesta entre los conductores españoles que arrojó resultados sorprendentes. Aproximadamente el 95% de los conductores consideraba que conducía mejor que la media, lo que quiere decir que o bien el 5% conduce verdaderamente mal y en una escala del 1 al 10 puntúa negativo, o que en general el conductor español medio se mira por las mañanas ante el espejo de la bruja de Blancanieves. Personalmente me inclino por lo segundo. Más que nada porque el espejo me salió carísimo. En fin; pongámonos el traje de Antropólogo Indecente y vayamos a echarle un vistazo a la fauna que puebla la jungla de asfalto. ...