Montreal neuroscientist Mario Beauregard and I will be on American radio host and columnist Dennis Prager’s show today, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, to discuss the findings from our recently published book The Spiritual Brain (Harper One 2007). You can listen online using the button here.
I hope I will be asked about coverage of issues related to humanity and spirituality in popular science media. If so, I will say something like this:
When I studied pop science articles closely, while writing my share of The Spiritual Brain, I found that the pop science media consistently overhype materialist findings – most of the time it is just a steady beat of – often groundless – hype for example, that machines will soon think or that apes talk like humans – but sometimes it get pretty ridiculous, like the God helmet story. The biggest problem is that pop science media ignored important stories that don’t confirm materialism that are actually true – for example, non-materialist treatments for difficult mental disorders that actually work and the fact that, generally, spirituality is good for your health.
Scientists are terrified that people don’t trust them, … but look who their press agencies are!
I will also be on Radio Maria, November 8, on Culture Watch with Tony Gosgnach, from 6:05 to 7:05 p.m. Go here and click the Listen Live icon. The show will be repeated as follows:
Repeat: November 13, 11 a.m. – 12 noon
Repeat: November 15, 6:05 – 7:05 p.m.
If podcasts are available, I will link them.
P.S.: For all those whose acid comments I have rejected recently at the Post-Darwinist: Start your own blog. And yes I HAVE heard it all before. And no, it didn’t get more interesting with time. That (and Men’s News Daily) is a news blog, not an olds blog. When I start an olds blog, I will hear you at length.
