http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog world media review website Sun, 31 May 2009 14:33:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/the-inequality-taboo/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/the-inequality-taboo/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:43:25 +0000 Tsoncho Tsonchev http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/the-inequality-taboo/ IQ differences between men and women and between blacks and whites]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/the-inequality-taboo/feed/ 0 http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/mad-or-bad/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/mad-or-bad/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:01:05 +0000 Tsoncho Tsonchev http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/mad-or-bad/ The Line Between Mad and Bad ]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/01/mad-or-bad/feed/ 0 http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/18/the-real-meaning-of-genetics/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/18/the-real-meaning-of-genetics/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 06:27:17 +0000 Tsoncho Tsonchev http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/18/the-real-meaning-of-genetics/ Without question, the advance of modern genetics is one of the great achievements of our time, an example of the creative and truth-seeking spirit at the heart of our humanity. But too often, we easily assume that the progress of science is identical to the progress of man. The truth, as always, is much more complicated. ]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/18/the-real-meaning-of-genetics/feed/ 0 http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/the-ethical-brain/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/the-ethical-brain/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:58:03 +0000 Tsoncho Tsonchev http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/the-ethical-brain/ Envision this scene: Socrates sits in prison, calmly awaiting execution, passing the time in philosophical discussions with students and friends, taking the occasion to inquire into the fundamentals of ethics: Where do moral laws come from? What is the root of moral motivation? What is the relation between power and morality? What is good? What is just?]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/the-ethical-brain/feed/ 0 http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/biology-doesn%e2%80%99t-explain-why-societies-collapse/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/biology-doesn%e2%80%99t-explain-why-societies-collapse/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:01:02 +0000 Tsoncho Tsonchev http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/biology-doesn%e2%80%99t-explain-why-societies-collapse/ Jared Diamond’s new book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, is neither “superb” (The New Statesman), “incisive” (The Washington Post), “magisterial” (BusinessWeek), nor “insightful and very important” (Boston Herald). It is, instead, a telling example of how a smart man can be terribly misled by a fixation on one big idea. In this case, Diamond, a biologist, is trying to apply biology’s master narrative to human societies.]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/15/biology-doesn%e2%80%99t-explain-why-societies-collapse/feed/ 0 http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/06/the-mysteries-of-mass/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/06/the-mysteries-of-mass/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2005 06:54:03 +0000 Tsoncho Tsonchev http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/06/the-mysteries-of-mass/ Physicists are hunting for an elusive particle that would reveal the presence of a new kind of field that permeates all of reality. Finding that Higgs field will give us a more complete understanding about how the universe works ]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/08/06/the-mysteries-of-mass/feed/ 7