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Published on: 2009-02-13
Released on: 2009-02-13
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During the Dark Ages, the progress of Western civilization virtually stopped. The knowledge gained by the scholars of the classical age was lost; for nearly 600 years, life was governed by superstitions and fears fueled by ignorance. In this outspoken and forthright book, Lee McIntyre argues that today we are in a new Dark Age -- that we are as ignorant of the causes of human behavior as people centuries ago were of the causes of such natural phenomena as disease, famine, and eclipses. We are no further along in our understanding of what causes war, crime, and poverty -- and how to end them -- than our ancestors. We need, McIntyre says, another scientific revolution; we need the courage to apply a more rigorous methodology to human behavior, to go where the empirical evidence leads us -- even if it threatens our cherished religious or political beliefs about human autonomy, race, class, and gender. Resistance to knowledge has always arisen against scientific advance. Today's academics -- economists, psychologists, philosophers, and others in the social sciences -- stand in the way of a science of human behavior just as clerics attempted to block the Copernican revolution in the 1600s. A scientific approach to social science would test hypotheses against the evidence rather than find and use evidence only to affirm a particular theory, as is often the practice in today's social sciences. Drawing lessons from Galileo's conflict with the Catholic church and current debates over the teaching of "creation science," McIntyre argues that what we need most to establish a science of human behavior is the scientific attitude -- the willingness to hear what the evidence tells us even if it clashes with religious or political pieties -- and the resolve to apply our findings to the creation of a better society. warnerbros.com This web site is currently not available. Please check us out at these other Warner Bros. web sites: warnerbros.com harrypotter.com U.S. News Latest National News Videos & Photos - ABC ... Get the latest breaking news across the U.S. on ABCNews.com Unfortunate Implications - TV Tropes The Unfortunate Implications trope as used in popular culture. The media to which TV Tropes is devoted generally exhibit greater sensitivity now than in the Psychology - Wikipedia Psychology is the study of behavior and mind embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought. It is an academic discipline and a ... BibMe: Free Bibliography & Citation Maker - MLA APA ... Using other peoples research or ideas without giving them due credit is plagiarism. Since BibMe makes it easy to create citations build bibliographies and ... News - MSN Find latest news coverage of breaking news events trending topics and compelling articles photos and videos of US and international news stories. Technology News - 2017 Innovations and Future Tech The robot produced by MIT engineers is transparent and made of hydrogel. This technology could one day be useful in surgeries. Read More Emotion - Wikipedia Etymology definitions and differentiation. The word "emotion" dates back to 1579 when it was adapted from the French word mouvoir which means "to stir up". Technology and Science News - ABC News Get the latest science news and technology news read tech reviews and more at ABC News. PunLawyer by Charles Carreon January 21 2017. Washington loves nothing so much as a hunt and the hunt started by the CIA that set CNN and the rest of the press to croaking ...
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