Peer Review: New Pseudoscience Patina, Same Snake Oil
While positive thinking no doubt has its benefits, "The Secret" tries to justify itself in the language of modern physics in addition to pop psychology. And the message has certainly self-helped the The Secret's promoters: More than 1.5 million DVDs have been sold, and the book hit number one on The New York Times best-seller list.
Peer Review: The Dark Side of Reality TV
Scientists are re-creating infamous research on the Nazi mentality by getting subjects to torture computer characters. But we can easily find such experiments on real people. Yes, I’m talking about reality TV, an ongoing experiment in torture that picks up where Milgram left off.
Peer Review: Dreary Driving
Driving used to be about taking on the world. Now it’s about being tucked in for a nap.