MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cult'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077771&cid=t_178326_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2F5-reasons-for-the-joy-of-craft-or-why-is-computer-programming-fun%2F I recently read (sort of) Frederick Brooks’s The Mythical Man-Month. As I understand it, this book is a cult classic, and I was very curious to read it. It’s about software project management, and even though that’s a subject about which I know nothing, I found the book very interesting — that is, the parts I could understand. My favorite section was a discussion of “The Joys of Craft,” in which Brooks answers the question, “Why is programming fun?” This question interests me because it’s such a good reminder of my Secret of Adulthood: Just because something is fun for someone else doesn’t mean it’s fun for me — and vice versa. Nothing is inherently fun. Some people find computer programming fun, or skiing, shopping, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077771 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:21:46 +0100 5077771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968578&cid=t_178326_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F25%2Fwhen-your-workplace-is-toxic%2F If you find yourself in a toxic relationship, you always have the option of ditching the friend and moving on. However, when the environment in which you make your bread and butter damages your self-esteem and robs you of self-confidence, you can’t exactly walk out… if you want to eat that night. What to do? More than a few friends have complained to me recently about toxic workplaces and their dilemma of how to live sanely within insane walls. So I thought about this more, consulted some experts, and offer a few suggestions. 1. Keep the focus on you. Just like you learn in a 12-step groups for friends and families of alcoholics, the only person you can totally control is yourself, so it’s best to begin there. Theoretically, no one can make you feel a certain way unless you allo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968578 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:18:01 +0100 4968578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841578&cid=t_178326_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F19%2Fwhen-the-rapture-doesnt-happen-how-will-harold-camping-react%2F There will be no rapture on Saturday, May 21st. And I can’t wait to see how Harold Camping reacts on Sunday when he’s still alive, on this Earth, and in this human body. That said, let’s talk about a method of persuasion called “social proof”. In “Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion”, Dr. Robert Cialdini describes social proof as follows: “In general, when we are unsure of ourselves, when the situation is unclear or ambiguous, when uncertainty reigns, we are most likely to look to and accept the actions of others as correct” (p. 129). We’re familiar with this concept. Should I laugh at this joke? Better wait and see if anyone else laughs first. Should I join a sorority? Better wait and see if one of my friends joins first. Sh... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841578 Fri, 20 May 2011 00:13:16 +0100 4841578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233366&cid=t_178326_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FsasuebJzHUk%2F I was just skimming through Twitter, as I unfortunately do, and came across several notices or quotes or references to alleged “spiritual guides” (aka “con men“) who offer guidance for the soul in bits and pieces of 140 characters or less. These con men, as I shall hereafter refer to them in blog postings — except in the instances where they are con women — all have names in languages and traditions that are not what they grew up in. I’ve been guilty of this sort of thing myself. An allegedly Zen practitioner once gave me a Japanese Zen name, but I can’t remember what it was. I even once had a Hebrew name which was so freaking silly that I ain’t gonna mention it here. No sir. Not even if you ask. I dumped the Hebrew name long ago, along with th... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233366 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:38:50 +0100 4233366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3890568&cid=t_178326_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2FDlQXv-z39no%2F A wonderful comment on Reddit, regarding the Cult Leader re-response to Kurzweil: He seems almost proud of his own narcissism. As if people were just waiting with bated breath for him to grace his audience with another tit-for-tat in this petty feud. Oh what an inconvenience it is for him to have to update his own douchey blog. I can’t tell who is worse: PZM or the people who look to him for what they should think about any issue. Thank you, thank you. Whoever you are. (Source: Blind.Scientist) Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3890568 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:29:27 +0100 3890568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889216&cid=t_178326_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2FnaAv5_N8wms%2F I applaud anyone that stands against the cult-leader and tabloid-like science: Ray Kurzweil Responds to “Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain”. Still, unfortunately, the cult is so brainwashed, just like a far-right-Sarah-Palin-lover Republican or a far-left-Chavez-is-THE-answer Democrat that this will be just more amusement to the cyber-hooligans that levitate around the Church. More Pepsi, please. (Source: Blind.Scientist) Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889216 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:07:33 +0100 3889216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641001&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FeJ8i9ApvBXA%2F By Gene HealyDownload my book for free!Last week, the New Republic’s Jonathan Chait praised Cult of the Presidency, and the Economist quoted the book.  Which reminds me, I provided a link in my last post, but forgot to stress the fact that we’re now literally giving it away with free online downloads (especially nice for those of you who are Kindle owners). With presidential “daddyism” rampant, and our National Father-Protector’s manifest failure to protect us from oil spills and tornadoes, there couldn’t be a better time to check out the comprehensive libertarian indictment (if I do say so myself) of the presidency, the very model of a modern constitutional monstrosity. Download it here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641001 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:40:41 +0100 3641001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632257&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3elazs1vpx0%2F By Gene HealyDownload my book for free! Driving home the other night, I caught the end of the NPR program “On Point.” This edition, running the ideological gamut all the way from left to center-left, featured Bob Kuttner and Jonathan Alter, “on the Obama presidency and the oil spill challenge.” At about 45:20 in, Alter took the week’s prize for utterly creepy views of the presidency (no small feat): One thing I want to make clear where Bob and I strongly really agree is that — when FDR died the funeral procession moved up Pennsylvania avenue and a man, a grieving man, fell to his knees, and another man helped him to his feet and said, “Did you know the President?” And the grieving man said, “No, but he knew me.” And Barack Obama i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632257 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:06:20 +0100 3632257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621649&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZzCpn_i-FMk%2F By Gene HealyThe MoDo column I criticize below exemplifies the warped notion that we should view the president as a benevolent national Father-Protector.  But it’s also a good example of a related phenomenon, the apparently unquenchable yearning for Presidential Empathy. “Once more,” she writes, “President Spock”  has “willfully and inexplicably resisted fulfilling a signal part of his job: being a prism in moments of fear and pride, reflecting what Americans feel so they know he gets it.”  There’s a little tension between Dowd’s desire for a presidential father figure and her demand for a “Feeler in Chief.”  She seems to want a daddy who cries a lot. But this understanding of the president’s role is hardly unique ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621649 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:13:28 +0100 3621649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621651&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0aYUNIeHWdM%2F By Gene HealyMy Washington Examiner column this week looks at the bipartisan conniption over President Obama’s “responsibility” for the Gulf oil spill: It’s “taking so doggone long,” Sarah Palin wailed, for Obama “to dive in there” (literally?). “Man, you got to get down here and take control!” James Carville screeched. “Tell BP, ‘I’m your daddy!’ ” When Hurricane Katrina hit, liberals who had spent years calling President Bush a tyrant suddenly decided he wasn’t authoritarian enough when he hesitated to declare himself generalissimo of New Orleans and muster the troops for a federal War on Hurricanes. Now the party of “drill, baby, drill” — the folks who warn that Obama’... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621651 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:13:19 +0100 3621651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585571&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcult-leader-or-fortune-teller-photo-of-the-day%2F Cult leader or fortune teller? We can’t tell. Then again, what’s the difference? This 1920’s photo, taken in New York City, looks cool either way: Photo: Shorpy.com Post from: BlissTree Cult Leader or Fortune Teller? - Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585571 Fri, 21 May 2010 12:33:44 +0100 3585571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916406&cid=t_178326_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F10%2F22%2Fpulling-the-plug-on-positive-thinking%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Happiness for sale! And worth every penny because of the good health and prosperity that will surely come, especially when your happiness is achieved through positive thinking. Ugh . . . no, says cancer survivor Barbara Ehrenreich, author of “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” and, more recently, “Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.” Last week Ehrenreich appeared on “The Daily Show,” where host Jon Stewart asked if positive thinking is all right as long as intentions are good and it works for some people. “I never think delusion is OK,” Ehrenreich replied. Pow! She brought the house down… Read the rest on AOL: Pulling the Plug o... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916406 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:49:41 +0100 2916406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416805&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FeczUNnT0bYg%2F Snapped this pic at DC’s Union Station this afternoon, on my way from the Amtrak platform to the Metro (where the machine dispensed a metrocard featuring a grinning BHO). Readers planning to visit DC will be happy to know that you can get all your Obama-related tchotchkes and talismans in one convenient locale right after you get off the train. Say what you will about hapless Jerry Ford, but he had this going for him: nobody ever thought of making an action figure in his image. In other cult-related news, today’s New York Times has an “Op-Extra” sidebar,with “excerpts from Opinion Online.” Our friend Judith Warner, last seen discussing cougar fantasies about “sex with the president,” weighs in about the shirtless Obama cover on the current Wa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416805 Mon, 18 May 2009 02:35:45 +0100 2416805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405848&cid=t_178326_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2Fhi5PX-osAqE%2F He has been “portrayed” here a a cult leader, and that’s maybe only my opinion. And in he latest diatribes he continues to attack head on the “problems” with America and how He will be able to solve it, by just creating a new cult, by breeding new cult followers that think are doing something great and in the end are just putting more fuel in the fire. He just forgets that, the more you fight the more you give your opponent an opportunity to fight back and gain more support (Yes, this post is a Catch 22, but I’m David in this case). I spent around 700 words last time saying that we scientists need to rethink the way we tell the world the things we do: We are horrible communicators, most of our websites are dreadful and do no contain any useful informati... Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405848 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:45:57 +0100 2405848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2276851&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3204 Ever since my higher power, Oprah,  let me down by allowing herself to be broadcast live wearing a blue Snuggie, I have been gripped by it’s evil powers. Lately I’ve been secretly checking out Snuggie sites, fantasizing about sneaking out to any one of the upcoming “Snuggie Pub Crawl.” Why by the end of this night, I will be saying I have a page on the social network with sleeves, Snuggiebook.com. I kid you not. It’s so ktichy that I’m not so secretly digging it. I’m joining this new cult. In fact  it will be complementary to my Kabbalah, if I could only get one in white for Shabbat. I have an answer for that, but I’ll get to that in a moment. I’m a little pissed off with the makers though. For some reason they’ve confused Canada with Mexico and are c... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2276851 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:03:35 +0100 2276851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2148017&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F526510800%2F Honestly, a 900-word Politico article on “the Power of Obama’s Hand”?  It’s going to be a long four-to-eight years.  (Hat tip: Dave Weigel). (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2148017 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:32:09 +0100 2148017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125284&cid=t_178326_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2FRuLoNou1lAk%2F So, we’re back! And to the old-new story of why the Open Science movement will fail, at least for now. I was planning to post something on a different note, but a recent discussion thread on FriendFeed called me to post about it. This thread was started by a blog entry the poster-boy of the Open Science/Research/Buzz-Word-of-the-moment Movement, Cameron Neylon. As most of the “literature” you find in his blog, very well written, he uses a metaphor of some mundane human social behaviour/activity trying to captivate the reader and bring him to his “open” universe. Sometimes it’s related to a train commute, sometimes a music or a scientific article. When the the reader is inside his web, BANG! comes the open science mantra, that we have to be open, that w... Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125284 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:46:07 +0100 2125284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110997&cid=t_178326_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F513263671%2F Two recent items in the “Cultwatch” category: NPR has audio of an Atlanta student chorus that will be singing at the inaugural festivities. “Dear Obama hear us sing/we’re ready for the change that you will bring…” (hat tip: David Boaz) And here’s video of some 800 Chicago elementary school students whose teachers had them form a 150-foot human portrait of the president-elect’s face: .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !importan... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110997 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:00:25 +0100 2110997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2065396&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1393 Shepard Fairey’s Obama Time Magazine Cover December 19th, 2008 Starting today, you’ll be able to pick up Shepard Fairey’s newest Barack Obama illustration on almost every newsstand in the world. He has created the image for the cover of Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” issue. Here is what he had to say about his involvement with the project: “Tomorrow my illustration for Time Magazine’s “Person of The Year” hits the newsstands. While I’m very honored to be validated by a periodical that is nothing short of an American institution, the moment is bittersweet because I’m very disappointed by Obama’s appointment of Rick Warren to deliver his invocation during Obama’s inaugural address. Rick Warren is against gay marriage and reproductive rights, and he does not... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2065396 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:18:52 +0100 2065396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1930319&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1153 This article is really disgusting. • FOR THE PERSON THAT SAYS “EWWW OLD PEOPLE DOING IT.” KEEP SAYING GOOD MORNING. • ewww, old people doing it. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930319 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:34:40 +0100 1930319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1927866&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1140 chers— art is sweet on obama — though it’s been rough and cruelling to everyone else for the last 8 years. art for obama — particularly street art — has created a unique “look & feel” to this presidential campaign. in addition to shepard fairy’s signature HOPE and PROGRESS designs, i particularly liked super-o, pasted on a traffic light control box close to where i live. photos in this post include: • shepard fairy art, 3 photos and latimes feature spread (4 shots total, including photo above) • super-o (2 shots total) • kicking the bucket (near where i live) (1 shot) • obama on a street corner in chicago (1 shot) • yes we can obama from gorgeous boys (1 shot & banner) enjoy! send me more! namasté —rk from grafitti news: A New graff... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1927866 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:11:50 +0100 1927866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926568&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1138 LDS mothers of gay children plan anti-Prop 8 vigil The Salt Lake Tribune Article Launched: 10/31/2008 02:08:50 PM MDT Mormon mothers of gay children are staging a candlelight vigil in Salt Lake City to oppose the LDS [latter day saints ---rk] Church’s support of California’s proposed gay-marriage ban. Co-hosted by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Equality Utah, the Utah Pride Center, the Inclusion Center, Affirmation and the Human Rights Campaign, the event will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. at Library Square, 210 E. 400 South. In a news release, organizers invited all allies and members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community - Mormon and non-Mormon - to join the vigil to support civil rights. On Tuesday, Californians will vote on Pro... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926568 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:54:23 +0100 1926568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1924555&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1115 Prop 5 would impact LGBTs [to the editor:] There’s another initiative on the ballot besides Prop 8 that would have an impact on the LGBT community - Proposition 5, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act. It will provide drug treatment for youth, improve and expand treatment for nonviolent offenders, and offer common-sense solutions to California’s grave prison overcrowding crisis. Prop 5 will divert nonviolent offenders into treatment and other services based on their needs, such as education, vocational training, family counseling, housing assistance, and mental health treatment. These services will continue after a person is released from prison to help their transition back to society. Lastly, Prop 5 will reduce the penalties for simple marijuana possession from a misdem... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924555 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:49:11 +0100 1924555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1924559&cid=t_178326_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1106 Global banking reshaped This multimedia snapshot brings together coverage of the mounting crisis and its impact on the markets through links to in depth packages, interactive maps, audio, video and blogs. The rising defaults on subprime mortgages in the US triggered a global crisis for the money markets. Many of the world’s leading investment banks have collapsed as a result and the US government has proposed a massive bail-out. The crisis has become one of the most radical reshapings of the global banking sector, as governments and the private sector battle to shore up the financial system following the disappearance of Lehman and Merrill as independent entities and the $85bn government rescue of AIG. writeDate( 1223887607000, 'Grey', 'Oct 13 2008', 9999999999999); - Oct 13 2008 attach... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924559 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:55:40 +0100 1924559