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 'evil'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169581&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2Fthe-science-of-evil%2F Following up on my review of Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test, I just finished reading the other new offering in the world of “psychopath studies”: Simone Baron-Cohen’s The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty. Baron-Cohen’s central theory is that evil is critically tied to lack of empathy.  It’s a thought-provoking notion and I was very intrigued by the connections that he made between various “empathy deficient” conditions from psychopaths, to narcissists, to borderlines, to those on the autism spectrum. At points, I think he gets so carried away considering the particular dispositions of his “zero negatives” (those, like psychopaths, whose lack of empathy brings about “unequivocally bad” results) and “zero positives” (those, like Asperger�... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169581 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:01:29 +0100 5169581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159206&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F21%2Fthe-other-side-of-the-placebo-effect%2F This is the second in a pair of articles on the placebo effect. Nocebo is sometimes referred to as “placebo’s evil twin,” or the “negative placebo effect.”  It’s also sometimes described as “the other side of placebo.”   The nocebo effect can be defined as a negative effect that occurs after receiving treatment (therapy, medication), even when the treatment is inert (inactive, sham). It is important to note that negative effects seen when taking active substances, reported as drug side effects, can often be at least partly attributed to a a combination of effects from the substance’s constituents (specifics), and those from nocebo effects (non-specifics). Studies suggest that nocebo effects can contribute appreciably to a variety of medic... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159206 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:47:27 +0100 5159206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997751&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fin-which-i-fail-to-mourn-tom-ball.html Tom Ball's final stain.Ok, Since you DID set yourself on fire, I suppose I must read what you had to say. The reason is simple; I'm holding myself to my own standards. You see, I'm kind of on the other side of this story, which, in all fairness, Ball tells well, with all the historical data points as he regards the changes society has been making due to increasing awareness of the impact on children and family of abuse. This reminds me of the punchline of the old joke: "I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid."As a survivor of abuse, I have a rather different perspective. But at the same time, as a child, any time I felt discomfort, and later on, as a young adult, any time I sought help or spoke of pain that, it turns out, was the result of neglect for chronic, congenital conditions t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997751 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:57:00 +0100 4997751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934337&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F13%2Fwhen-my-mother-died-she-told-me-to-try-to-enjoy-life-more%2F Happiness interview: Meghan O’Rourke. Meghan O’Rourke is a writer in many incarnations — an essayist, poet, critic, and editor. I got to know Meghan during the time that this blog appeared on Slate , and I was very eager to get my hands on her new book. The Long Goodbye is a memoir of her mother’s death from cancer in 2008, at the age of 55, when Meghan was 32 years old. Going through great unhappiness is one of the best, and most difficult, teachers of happiness, so I was very interested to hear what Meghan had to say. Gretchen: What’s a simple activity that consistently makes you happier? Meghan: Taking a walk. I used to run a lot, and that always made me happier (even if I was unhappy lacing up my shoes to do it). But I tore the cartilage in my right hip and n... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934337 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:34:15 +0100 4934337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852943&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F21%2F6-steps-to-get-anyone-yourself-included-to-do-anything%2F I am not promising these things. A motivational coach, consultant, therapist, and award-winning faculty member at Yale School of Medicine is. A guy named Michael V. Pantalon. He has a bunch of credentials like publishing articles in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association, so I read though his book, Instant Influence: How to Get Anyone to Do Anything—FAST with curiosity. I have a lot of projects that I was hoping he could help me with. I have not had enough time to accurately test-drive his recipe of influence; however, I think I’m coming with a bit of a handicap considering my strong urge to want to please people. I only have to hear a vague “I don’t really see it that way,” to abandon my way and go with someone else’s. However,... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852943 Sat, 21 May 2011 10:36:08 +0100 4852943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4714827&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F14%2Fcatherine-zeta-jones-bipolar-i-vs-bipolar-ii%2F Although I wouldn’t wish the pain of bipolar disorder on anyone, I am sort of glad to find out another accomplished, beautiful movie star has joined our manic-depressive group. After spending five days in a mental health facility, Catherine Zeta Jones has been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. I like to call bipolar II the “Diet Coke” of bipolar, if you recall the scene from “Austin Powers” when Dr. Evil says to his son, Scott: “You’re quasi-evil. You’re semi-evil. You’re the margarine of evil. You’re the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie, not evil enough.” That’s how I view bipolar II: one calorie short of bipolar I. Those with bipolar II experience the same symptoms as persons with Bipolar II, just not to the extreme. For example, when I get manic,... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4714827 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:37:29 +0100 4714827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3903082&cid=t_113070_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2FADYYHj93rSc%2F I don’t know if this is just a personal perspective or if it is global. To be honest, I haven’t checked, haven’t googled about it. But there are many examples of software (paid or not) that start as a very nice option to do some type of task and in the end become a bloody nuisance. The first version is wonderful, just works, installs perfectly and gives enough functionality, nothing more, nothing less, for said task. Then this little application grows and grows, the company grows with it, maybe their codebase gets too crowded, maybe they hire a CEO, maybe new programmers. And that little application becomes a bloody nuisance. The latest version wants to install a shady add-bar to your Explore/Firefox, maybe wants you to update it every hour. That little application has so... Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3903082 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:33:45 +0100 3903082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790896&cid=t_113070_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdeliver-us-from-evil.html We had an amazing weekend camping with our friends and co-leaders from small group, the Bergs.  They brought swords for all the kids and we had knights and princesses slaying dragons, storming gates, and defeating giants throughout the campsite all weekend long.In the early morning hours Saturday, the campground was hit with a storm of amazing proportions.  We were awakened by the crack of a tree getting hit by lightening somewhere near by, and huddled in fear and awe as electricity arced over our tent ceiling and we were showered with sparks.  Later, when Katy and I left the relative safety of the tent to use the bathroom, we found that our tent was surrounded by a 3-5" lake of water and a swarm of toads fleeing the monsoon-induced flooding.  Aaron commented that it se... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790896 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:06:00 +0100 3790896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750096&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F13%2Fordinary-heroes-and-the-science-of-good-and-evil%2F “I did what anyone could do, no big deal to jump on the tracks.” – Wesley Autrey, New York City’s “subway Superman” On January 2nd, 2007, 50-year-old construction worker Wesley Autrey was waiting with his two young daughters for the train at the 137th Street and Broadway station in the Harlem section of Manhattan. Also waiting was 19-year-old film student Cameron Hollopeter, who began having a seizure. Autrey borrowed a pen and used it to keep Hollopeter’s jaw open. Understandably wobbly post-seizure, Hollopeter fell onto the tracks. Autrey saw the lights of the oncoming train, gave a stranger his daughters to hold, and jumped down. He protected Hollopeter by lying on top of him. The height of their bodies on top of each other is 20-1/2 inches; the t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750096 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:35:36 +0100 3750096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710734&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2010%2F06%2Frape-incest-all-part-of-gods-plan-angle.html Sharon Angle, the Cristo-Republican Senate candadate in Nevada, said this. Out loud. Um... Sharon, dear. You just said out loud that child rape and incest are all parts of your god's plan.Via the Huffington Post: In an segment that has gone unnoticed since it first aired, the Tea Party-backed candidate told the Bill Manders show -- a favorable platform for Republican candidates -- that she opposed abortion even in cases of rape and incest. A pregnancy under those circumstances, she said, was "God's plan." Manders: I, too, am pro life but I'm also pro choice, do you understand what I mean when I say that.Angle: I'm pro responsible choice. There is choice to abstain choice to do contraception. There are all kind of good choices.Manders: Is there any reason at all for an abortion?Angle: No... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710734 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:52:00 +0100 3710734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3612067&cid=t_113070_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FsnhLJWVg7u0%2F Roles hide behind normal There are several roles that alcoholics/addicts and their partners adopt with each other. Some of these are; Controller – Person who cannot allow anyone to grow or be anything other than what they want them to be Dual Personality – Person who can change “hats” at the drop of a dime, between portraying a rational person and the other one irrational. It’s like living with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Evil Person – or narcissist, Total disregard for human characteristics of anyone around them including abusing and destroying any hopes and dreams of those around them. This person has absolutely no conscience and uses whatever laws, Biblical references, and popular social theories to support whatever convoluted ideas that they have about the ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3612067 Fri, 28 May 2010 14:36:32 +0100 3612067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526730&cid=t_113070_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoC3xsu_iCj4%2F By Michael F. CannonPresident Obama delivered a commencement speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday. He called on all Americans “to maintain a basic level of civility in our public debate.”  Who could argue? Yet the president apparently believes that civility means protecting his policies from valid criticism. He instructed graduates that “the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship.”  Right again.  But the civics lesson rings hollow coming from a president who falsely claimed there was “no disagreement” over his massive “stimulus” bill, and that opponents of his health care takeover offered no proposals of their own. He explained, “what we should be asking is not whether... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526730 Mon, 03 May 2010 12:37:37 +0100 3526730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302392&cid=t_113070_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F8lPMUg-6VvU%2F Google has an identity disorder. They think that they are God. Some of you may remember how Google ripped me off. Words cannot express my feelings about the event, but this video can. Up yours, Google. Google Gods – Nurse Ratched's Place (Source: Nurse Ratched's Place) Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302392 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:02:56 +0100 3302392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182324&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmr-pitt-sinks-hook.html William Rivers Pitt of Truthout has quite a knack for setting up a story.The Scum of the EarthLike the swallows returning to Capistrano, GOP luminaries Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have once again waded into a catastrophic tragedy with all the care and concern of hammerhead sharks unleashed into a fish tank full of orphans. As I sit and flick between channels, it's impossible to avoid the images of disaster and human anguish - and yet, these two men, who are without shame in guiding the souls of Conservatives into a handbasket destined for hell, these two men see this disaster as merely another opportunity to press partisan positions.It does have the advantage of clarifying the nature of the partisanship. If you are black, if you are poor, if you genuinely need help, not merely a t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182324 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:25:00 +0100 3182324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3145956&cid=t_113070_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpQ1G5OFa8Hk%2F By Christopher PrebleThat is the question posed at the National Journal’s National Security experts blog. My response: We shouldn’t even be contemplating war in Yemen, but we should also understand that the proposed expansion of security assistance to the government there is likely to pay only meager dividends. Steven Metz gets at the nub of this problem in his two thoughtful posts (here and here). We have an unreliable ally. We have minimal capacity for making them more reliable. Neither of these observations are unique to Yemen. The same could be said of many other countries. Accordingly, we should concentrate our limited resources in a proactive and strategic – as opposed to a reactive and haphazard — way.  Contrast that with Jim Carafano’s invocatio... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3145956 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:01:17 +0100 3145956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083191&cid=t_113070_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Falcoholic-co-dependent-roles%2F There are several roles that alcoholics/addicts and their partners adopt with each other. Some of these are; Controller – Person who cannot allow anyone to grow or be anything other than what they want them to be Dual Personality – Person who can change “hats” at the drop of a dime, between portraying a rational person and [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3083191 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:15:45 +0100 3083191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079517&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fdear-dick-stfu.html Via "Just Go Stand Over There Somewhere"On MSNBC's "Hardball" Wednesday night, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) had a succinct response to Dick Cheney for the former vice president's recent comments on President Obama: STFU."On the Internet there's an acronym that's used to apply to situations like this: STFU. I don't think I can say that on the air, but I think you know what that means." There are certain people and certain themes that do not deserve your respectful attention. Dick Cheney would be the poster child for that concept. And frankly, if at this point in history it needs to be explained why we should not listen to Cheny implying treasonous behavior on the part of the US President - well, clearly, it would be a pointless effort on behalf of people who deserve no such courtesy.Dear Dick... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079517 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:25:00 +0100 3079517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859105&cid=t_113070_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fmy-foundation-dads-response%2F Not too long ago, I wrote about my father. He called me yesterday and asked if I was ready to hear his response yet. I said, “Sure.” I was curious. He actually read this to me over the phone. Can you say emotional? Between him choking up and me reaching for tissues…well, I’ll let you read it. He left this as a comment on the blog yesterday, but I’m elevating it to full-on blog post, baby! My comments are in GREEN. His reply: Hi mi hijo, After I read “My Foundation” I was crying for awhile, and so many memories to to my mind and heart. I remember how many of my plans (as a dad) for you suddenly collapsed right before my eyes. I figured maybe you would be a great soccer player. But, most of all, a martial artist that I could be teaching and coaching. (My Dad... Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859105 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:12:51 +0100 2859105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2724910&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F23%2Fsxsw-2010-from-freud-to-facebook%2F SXSW is a huge multi-week festival held annually in Austin, Texas, one that I’ve been attending and presenting at regularly over the past decade. The festival features three main components — SXSW Interactive, SXSW Film, and SXSW Music. The largest part is, by far, the music component, but the Interactive component has grown substantially as well, largely due to its popularity amongst young web designers, developers and social media enthusiasts. In the past, I’ve talked about topics covering e-health, social media, Health 2.0, and where mental health fits into all of this. For SXSW 2010, Dr. Keely Kolmes (twitter) and I have proposed a panel called “Psychology and the Internet: From Freud to Facebook:” With the popularity of online social networks and services... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2724910 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:34:49 +0100 2724910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859119&cid=t_113070_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fthe-dreaded-question%2F Pain leads to anger and I am angry right now. Give me a f.ing rest, will you?! Yeah, talking to you again, God. I’m tired, leave me alone. You’ve beat me enough. You win! There, I said it! You win! You’re stronger, I know it. I got the f.ing message! I’m human! I KNOW! But why do you have to keep proving your vicious and relentless power to me? Let me be. Give me peace. And I mean on EARTH, you idiot! Don’t get the wrong idea. Stop. Please, just stop. I beg you to f.ing leave me alone. What is your aim? Tell me, if you know it all… How come I can’t know? For the love of god, why me? Why, why… a million times why? I’ll never know. Nothing will ever satisfy that dreaded question. It makes more sense to me that you do not exist. All life i... Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859119 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:19:54 +0100 2859119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441027&cid=t_113070_85_f&fid=34967&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdocisinblog%2FwNlq%2F%7E3%2FJ44XTbqBvq4%2F A recent post on evil brought some very thoughtful comments, which meandered a bit, as comment threads are wont to do, onto the topic of forgiveness. It is a topic I have visited before, and no doubt will visit many times again, in experience if not in writing. The issue of forgiveness is ever fresh in human experience, flowing inevitable from the wanton harms and evil which surrounds us and so often affects us directly. It is a subject among Christians which engenders a great deal of misunderstanding and sometimes foolishness. In what is certainly the most uttered prayer in Christianity — the Lord’s Prayer — we are called to both ask forgiveness for ourselves and extend it to others: “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” So... The Doctor Is In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441027 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:19:33 +0100 2441027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416760&cid=t_113070_85_f&fid=34967&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdocisinblog%2FwNlq%2F%7E3%2FHuZ1F85vjzY%2F Roger L. Simon recently had an epiphany. While reporting from the Durban II conference, he encountered the face of evil: President Ahmadinejad of Iran. He describes this encounter thus: I heard screaming sirens followed by shrieking motor cycles when Ahmadinejad himself entered … and marched straight across the lobby in what seemed at the time like a goose step a few feet away from me, staring directly at me while waving and smiling in my direction. I did not wave or smile back. I couldn’t. Indeed, I was frozen. I felt suddenly breathless and nauseated, as if I had been kicked brutally in the stomach. I was also dizzy. I wanted to throw up. But no one had touched me and I hadn’t eaten anything for hours. It was then, I think, that I found, or noticed, or understood, religion pers... The Doctor Is In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416760 Mon, 18 May 2009 05:50:10 +0100 2416760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399072&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fif-this-be-treason-make-most-of-it.html This article establishes that Dick Cheney was one of, if not the major force behind the completely indiscriminate roundup of apparently randomly-selected victims, a process he apparently still defends as vital to national security.Fox news - as everyone is well aware, due to the mindless cheerleading of techniques of torture by such leading Republican intellectual leaders as Sean Hannity, apparently concurs that torturing the wrong people is as likely to produce good, actionable intelligence as torturing the right people. That is, of course, a common-sense conclusion - if you understand that torture does not produce high quality intelligence. So, we must presume that the "good results" would be something more along the line of terrifying the crap out of certain target elements - the Iraqi ... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399072 Thu, 07 May 2009 17:45:00 +0100 2399072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2094922&cid=t_113070_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fevil-has-many-roots.html Money troubles.La Belle Fille is cross with me; for a variety of reasons - because I'm working all the time, because I can't help but act like an infant around her friends, and now, because of money.I am convinced that money causes more trouble than it's worth; perhaps I can afford t have such an opinion because I've never been short of cash; Ma and Pa Shroom are well enough off, and Doctoring pays the bills... so maybe this invalidates my opinion.Money still causes grief tho'. LBF is owed some cash by an ex-housemate of hers, and he hasn't paid her for several months. I don't consider it a large sum, but that is all relative, of course. Ex-housemate now appears to be throwing a strop over the debt.I suspect there are valid points on both sides, but what seems a simple enough matter t me h... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2094922 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:30:00 +0100 2094922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964451&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F17%2Fjonestown-the-situation-of-evil-revisited%2F With the 30th Anniversary of the Jonestown Mass Suicide upon us, now is a good time to republish the three-part Situationist series from 2007 on the “Situational Sources of Evil” — which was based my  book, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (Random House, March 2007). * * * Imagine that you have responded to an advertisement in the New Haven newspaper seeking subjects for a study of memory. A researcher whose serious demeanor and laboratory coat convey scientific importance greets you and another applicant at your arrival at a Yale laboratory in Linsly-Chittenden Hall. You are here to help science find ways to improve people’s learning and memory through the use of punishment. The researcher tells you why this work may have important cons... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964451 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:01:08 +0100 1964451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926553&cid=t_113070_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F438414719%2Fwho-knows-what-evil-lurks-in-heart-of.html A Special Halloween post: No, not the Shadow - try Selmer Bringsjord, cognitive scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Although he admits it is 'creepy,' he is working on what is evil and how to formally define it. According to the article in Scientific American, Bringsjord says that to be truly evil, someone must have sought to do harm by planning to commit some morally wrong action with no prompting from others:"Bringsjord's research builds on earlier definitions put forth by San Diego State University philosophy professor J. Angelo Corlett as well as the late sociopolitical philosophers and psychologists, Joel Feinberg and Erich Fromm, but most significantly by psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck in his 1983 book, People of the Lie, The Hope for Healing Human Evil. After readi... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926553 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:11:13 +0100 1926553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1888120&cid=t_113070_88_f&fid=34857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscalpelorsword.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fwant-motorcycle.html Are you sure?Be cautious of the "real nasty stuff" link at the bottom of the page. Not for the faint of heart.I'm sort of fond of the Honda in the picture above, myself. (Source: Scalpel or Sword?) Scalpel or Sword? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1888120 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:50:00 +0100 1888120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1237771&cid=t_113070_132_f&fid=34992&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghastlyfop.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F02%2Fpublishing-house-scale-of-web-server.html Kevin Burton recently checked to see which operating system the websites of different US presidential candidates are built on. The executive summary: Democrats use lots of Linux while Republicans (Ron Paul excepted) mainly use Windows.Some have suggested a correlation between Windows web server usage and being evil. This makes sense as only somebody with no soul could love ASP. Does the theory hold true in the publishing world? PLoS run Linux Nature run Linux Science run Linux Wiley run Solaris Elsevier run Windows 2000 Springer run Windows 2003So from a purely progressive science on the web point of view.... yeah, sort of.Springer, Elsevier and Wiley are pretty big companies and have lots of different sites, so maybe it's doing them a disservice to assume that whatever serves their root d... Flags and Lollipops - Bioinformatics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1237771 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:22:00 +0100 1237771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1037762&cid=t_113070_88_f&fid=34857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscalpelorsword.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Flightning-strikes-twice.html Most healthcare workers will probably finish their careers without personally suffering a known exposure to HIV. Your humble narrator has scored a deuce.It was less than a year after my first exposure, my residency training was almost complete, and I was about as comfortable as I could be. Maybe I was too comfortable. Like my first accident, this one was easily preventable if I had taken proper precautions. But like my first accident, I didn't.This gentleman had done some time in the pen, and he was older than most AIDS patients of his day, probably 50 or 60 if I recall correctly. He had CNS lymphoma (among his other problems) and that day he needed a spinal tap. I'm not one to wear eye protection routinely, and since a spinal tap is not the sort of procedure that typically is associated w... Scalpel or Sword? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1037762 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:45:00 +0100 1037762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007326&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Funravelling-devils-work.html I am neither a soothsayer nor a sales person, but I would hazard a guess about the trajectory of many a child. They commence dabbling with dinosaurs, trundle into Thomas and his rabble, plunge into Pokemon and then yield to Yugio. After that, I seek input. Each of these phases results in considerable financial investment by the parent, no matter how reluctant. To be fair I was quite happy with the first two, but seriously troubled by the third. To me, Pokemon were the lowest of the low, nasty, cheap little figurines. Although I knew nothing about them at all, I disliked the cartoons which to my untutored eye had an air of violence and brashness. With all their obsessions to date, eventually, I have reluctantly capitulated. If you can no longer tempt a child to put a foot through their trou... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007326 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:07:00 +0100 1007326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=823673&cid=t_113070_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F148711110%2Fresearcher_who_redefined_free.html What separates people who steal from the public purse and those who give back millions to help others? That moment of choice ... which makes some a sinner and others a saint … consumed Benjamin Libet’s research until his July 23 death at the age of 91. Libet’s well respected research points to a smaller window on choices than once observed, according to latimes.com. After 20 years of studying the brain, Libet concluded that instead of a free will, the mind has a free won’t. Through a series of experiments Libet and his research team observed electrodes imbedded deep in the brains of epilepsy patients - and measured neural circuits stimulated.He compared how long a signal is required to elicit a response and how long that response took. Electrical sti... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=823673 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:48:43 +0100 823673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645233&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fno-beating-around-bush.html ["Ben Ownby" Found Alive]I print off the email from the school and march into the family room for a serious discussion. It has arrived minutes after I have read about a "safety" programme in what is clearly becoming "the State" that is ahead of the hunt. I give them the pertinent facts gleaned from the warning notice from the school, once I have commanded their attention. [translation = no mean feat! Perhaps I should have done this one-on-one instead?] I quickly find that I have taken on the role of game show host. 'Silver Sedan car, white male with dark hair, 'help me find my dog' to one of the children at their school.'A near miss for that child, who beat a hasty retreat to an adult. We cannot be as confident of a similar response.“No a dog!” protests the superhero of felines. A grou... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645233 Sun, 27 May 2007 22:15:00 +0100 645233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=601903&cid=t_113070_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F11%2F120-million-to-stop-the-spread%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Research, Exercise, Daily News, SupportDiabetes is making a name for itself and it's spreading like wildfire. Politicians are uniting to build a $120 million campaign to educate diabetics to prevent the spread of the disease and its complications. Senator Clinton criticizes the reaction to the problem, rather than taking measures to prevent it from occurring. She questions why current money is unquestionably $pent on treating complications from diabetes -- such as amputations and dialysis. Good point, Senator. Ask Bush if he's got any friends up at Eli Lilly. A good answer can always be found in a temporary restraining order. She and fellow politicians propose more money be spent on programs for weight-loss, nutrition education and other ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=601903 Fri, 11 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 601903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=597876&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F05%2F07%2Fbipolar-hostingbe-my-guest-be-my-guest-put-my-service-to-the-test%2F I’m never a good hostess. Siimply because I don’t enjoy having to accomodate someone and interrupt my schedule. There are a few exceptions. no exceptions. I got a surprise Friday nite. My nephew came in from Charlotte. He’s a good young man. And, I am his designated mom since my sister died last Mother’s Day. BUT…….I repeat….I am not a good hostess. And to make matters worse, my emotions have been on the up and down quite a bit lately. I made it through Friday nite. We sat up and watched television until about 11:30. So far, so good. But, Saturday morning rolled around and I was almost visually twitching with raw nerves. I don’t like to chat first thing in the morning. I do NOT dress until I am ready. I do not cook that meal known as breakfas... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=597876 Tue, 08 May 2007 02:59:35 +0100 597876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=586020&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F05%2F02%2Fi-see-dead-people%2F Remember that movie where the little boy saw dead people? And Bruce Willis ended up being a dead person at the end? The Sixth Sense I see dead people. And, it’s not like that movie at all. I have been seeing people that I knew who have died in my dreams lately. I dreamed about an old [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=586020 Thu, 03 May 2007 00:58:30 +0100 586020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577856&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Fmonkey-butt-powder-for-irritation%2F For the last couple days, I’ve been irritated. Cranky. Bitcy. Downright hatefull. I’m in bipolar limbo. Not sure if I’m gonna go up or down. The irritation state always precedes mania or depression for me. I’ve said smartaleck things to my family. My husband and I are acting like members on a debate team. I find [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577856 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:03:02 +0100 577856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=573181&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F26%2Fuh-ohlooks-like-were-gonna-need-a-bigger-clubhouse%2F 1 in 4 U.S. Adults Suffer Mental Illness, Substance Abuse By Miranda Hitti   New research shows that mental illness is common in the U.S., but many people don’t get prompt, adequate treatment. More than one in four U.S. adults per year have some form of mental illness or substance abuse. Many of those cases are mild, but 14 [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=573181 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:14:36 +0100 573181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=570487&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F25%2Fjesustake-the-pills-with-apologies-to-carrie-underwood%2F I think we should write our own song. Heck, maybe, we could make it our bonafide club athem. I played around with this one a little. Not crazy about it. Anybody wanna add to it or suggest changes? Anyway, it goes sumptin’ like this…….                                                                                                                                                                 JESUS, TAKE THE PILLS She was fading fast last Friday so she rolled a [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=570487 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:35:43 +0100 570487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=553962&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F18%2Fhow-was-cho-overlooked%2F That’s the question on all the news media tonight. He had a history of mental illness. He got in trouble for stalking girls. He would not speak to his suite mates. Even a professor saw that something was wrong with him from his bizarre, dark plays that he wrote. He took pictures of girls, then [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=553962 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:31:21 +0100 553962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551891&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F17%2F24-hours-in-disturbia-and-why-the-hell-is-that-8-foot-cow-staring-at-me%2F Uneasy day. Started out with my cracked-addicted stepdaughter calling for money again. Her father turned her money request last night down. I’m trying by best to make him understand that he is not helping her by giving her money. He is being an enabler and that’s all. She came into my life when she was [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551891 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:16:27 +0100 551891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551892&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Finherited-crazy%2F This is being reposted from another blog that I use to write in. I’ll tell you why that title at the end. I went to the post office this morning to mail out bills. I saw a woman there standing at the lobby counter. She was making out postal orders for bills. Accompanying her was a [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551892 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:44:04 +0100 551892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551893&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Fthe-awful-sound-of-silence%2F Sometimes, I scream and no sound comes out. I’m afraid that one day, a noise so loud that it will shatter my head will replace it. It’s my secret……………………so far. (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551893 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:11:23 +0100 551893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551894&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Fhell-and-tarnation%2F Wish I could go back to bed and sleep until a week from Sunday. Bad day!!!! I’m feeling like my skin is going to burst open at the seams. Well, if skin had seams.  I’d probably just explode from the various openings in my body actually. That would be a hellova site. FOX NEWS BULLETIN: WOMAN [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551894 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:25:47 +0100 551894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551897&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F13%2Fbp-sideshow-iior-these-are-the-asses-i-want-to-kick-today%2F Trying to keep it real here. I posted the “Shattered” aka “The Day In The Life of Real Bipolar Chick a day or so ago. Honest feelings…..no “brain double” used. Actors and actresses portraying bipolar people in movies get to use body doubles. Why can’t I have a “brain double”? Somebody who can step [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551897 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:31:42 +0100 551897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551900&cid=t_113070_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F11%2Flets-give-a-great-big-howdy-to-our-newest-memberlisa-nowak%2F Police Discover Bondage Images in Car of Lovesick NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak   Last Edited: Wednesday, 11 Apr 2007, 11:13 AM EDT Created: Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007, 8:13 PM EDT   04/10/2007 — A police search of former astronaut Lisa Nowak’s car turned up bondage photos on a computer disk, British currency and pills, according to documents released [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551900 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:10:10 +0100 551900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551388&cid=t_113070_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fthose-evil-liberals-what-bushiet-thinks.html This article illustrated with products from Shirt Lords (Union of Evil Overlords) and The Horror Haven (Baphomet poster). Please consider them for help decorating your evil liberal bodies and lairs.You can syndicate this site using our atom feed. (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551388 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551388