Tagged: Satoshi Kanazawa

Can Our Fantasy Life Affect Our Perceptions of Real Life? - Skepticon

Darcy Cowan • Apr 16, 2010 •

• friends,
• Intelligence,
• life,
• Psychological,
• Psychology,
• satisfaction,
• Satoshi Kanazawa,
• Sciblogs,
• Television

Recently there’s been a television promotional advertisement that really bugs me. It shows a man watching events appearing before his eyes and has a voice-over that says something to the effect of “When you look back on your life are you going to see a life filled with interesting people and excitement?” and when is [...] … Read More

Intelligence, Monogamy and Journalistic Licence - Skepticon

Darcy Cowan • Mar 02, 2010 •

• atheism,
• evolution,
• Intelligence,
• Intelligence quotient,
• Liberalism,
• Monogamy,
• Psychological,
• Psychology,
• religion,
• review,
• Satoshi Kanazawa,
• Sciblogs

Last week news came out about a study linking intelligence with liberal attitudes and atheistic beliefs, oh and in men an increased tendency for monogamy. Today I read the NZ Herald‘s short take on the study, a semi-chauvinistic piece pointing out how we evolved intelligent men can think our way to monogamy while those sexually [...] … Read More